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| Syrian army air strikes target civilian areas, activists say | Syrian army air strikes target civilian areas, activists say |
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| Syrian army air strikes have killed at least 70 people – most of them civilians – and wounded scores of others, activists have said. | Syrian army air strikes have killed at least 70 people – most of them civilians – and wounded scores of others, activists have said. |
| The attacks on Saturday targeted civilian areas in the northern province of Aleppo, including a packed market in a town held by Islamic State. | The attacks on Saturday targeted civilian areas in the northern province of Aleppo, including a packed market in a town held by Islamic State. |
| Helicopters reportedly dropped explosive-filled barrels – with one hitting the rebel-held Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo and killing at least 12 people, most of them from the same family. They included three children and four women, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | Helicopters reportedly dropped explosive-filled barrels – with one hitting the rebel-held Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo and killing at least 12 people, most of them from the same family. They included three children and four women, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. |
| The other attack hit a busy market known as Souk al-Hal in the Isis-held town of al-Bab in Aleppo’s countryside. SOHR said at least 59 people there were killed and dozens wounded, calling it the one of the worst massacres perpetrated by president Bashar Assad’s army this year. It said the death toll was likely to rise because many of the wounded were in a critical condition. | |
| Isis confirmed the attack in a statement posted on Twitter. Aleppo, once Syria’s commercial hub, has been divided between government and opposition forces since mid-2012, with constant fighting since. | |
| More than 220,000 people have been killed in Syria since the start of the uprising against Assad in March 2011. | More than 220,000 people have been killed in Syria since the start of the uprising against Assad in March 2011. |