Over 300 civilians killed In 3 weeks of violence In Aleppo
August 21, 2016 10:10
More than 300 civilians have been killed in a three-week surge of fighting and bombardment in Syria's devastated Aleppo city, a monitoring group said today.
The battle for Syria's second city has killed 333 civilians since July 31, when rebels launched a major push to break a government siege of districts under their control.
The toll includes 165 civilians - among them 49 children - killed in opposition fire on the city's government-held western districts.
Another 168 civilians died in Russian and regime air strikes and shelling on its rebel-controlled eastern neighbourhoods, the Observatory said.
Russia has been carrying out air raids in support of President Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria since September 2015.
Another 109 people were killed in bombardment across the rest of Aleppo province during the same period, the Britain-based monitoring group said.
Once Syria's economic hub, Aleppo city has been ripped apart by violence since mid-2012, with warplanes bombarding the east and rockets raining down on the west.
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