Intense air strikes have pounded "rebel"-held areas of Aleppo city and triggered major fires, according to a monitor and activists, as international powers with a stake in Syria's civil war are meeting in New York amid efforts to revive a collapsed ceasefire.
The "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" said on Thursday that 14 strikes hit the neighbourhoods of Bustan al-Qasr and Al-Kalasseh leading to "massive fires", which killed seven people, including three women and three children.
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said they were "the most intense strikes in months", while opposition activists accused the Syrian government and its ally Russia of dropping "incendiary phosphorous bombs".
In footage posted by the Aleppo Media Centre group on Twitter, a ball of flame shoots up over the city, lighting up the skyline and sparking fires on the horizon.
Fresh air strikes also hit Aleppo's Sukkari neighbourhood, the Observatory said, and fierce clashes hit the southwestern district of Ramosa, where "rebel groups" are fighting off a government offensive.
Even as the violence escalated, the UN said on Thursday it had resumed aid deliveries, in its first operation since an attack on Monday on a humanitarian convoy killed 20 people and triggered the suspension of much-needed relief operations...
[aljazeera.com]
22/9/16
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The "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" said on Thursday that 14 strikes hit the neighbourhoods of Bustan al-Qasr and Al-Kalasseh leading to "massive fires", which killed seven people, including three women and three children.
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said they were "the most intense strikes in months", while opposition activists accused the Syrian government and its ally Russia of dropping "incendiary phosphorous bombs".
In footage posted by the Aleppo Media Centre group on Twitter, a ball of flame shoots up over the city, lighting up the skyline and sparking fires on the horizon.
Fresh air strikes also hit Aleppo's Sukkari neighbourhood, the Observatory said, and fierce clashes hit the southwestern district of Ramosa, where "rebel groups" are fighting off a government offensive.
- Humanitarian deliveries
Even as the violence escalated, the UN said on Thursday it had resumed aid deliveries, in its first operation since an attack on Monday on a humanitarian convoy killed 20 people and triggered the suspension of much-needed relief operations...
[aljazeera.com]
22/9/16
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