(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime air force backed by Russian jets on Saturday have stepped up its aerial bombing on rebel-held Aleppo city, killing 7 civilians in al-Neirab and Bustan al-Qasr neighborhoods, local activists said.
The devastating air strikes have also hit most neighborhoods of Aleppo, including al-Kallaseh, al-Sakhour, al-Jazmati and al-Maasraniyeh.
Shelling and air raids in Aleppo over the past week have killed more than 230 civilians and pushed a landmark Feb. 27 ceasefire to the verge of collapse.
On Friday, crude barrel bombs smashed into residential neighborhoods as rescue workers scrambled to cope with the casualties.
Near the eastern rebel-held Fardos district, the civil defense, known as the White Helmets, pulled bloodied bodies caked in dust from a building that had been hit.
On Friday, a military source said a Russian Su-24 warplane whose carried out the deadly air strikes on Aleppo's hospital late on Wednesday that left 50 people dead, including medics, children and doctors.
The Russian night-attack jet hit Al-Quds field hospital in rebel-held Aleppo with two Kh-29, air-to-surface missiles with a range of 10–30 km and a large warhead of 320 kg.
The source, who works in a military air base, said regime asked Russians to use this kind of devastating missiles that intended for primary use against larger battlefield targets and infrastructure such as hospitals, industrial buildings, depots and bridges.
Despite Russia refused to claim responsibility for the massacre, all indications prove that regime war planes can not conduct such advanced air strikes since its not having such missiles, the source said.
Despite the carnage, Aleppo has been excluded from a fresh "freeze" in fighting brokered by the United States and Russia.
Since the conflict in Syria erupted in 2011, more than 400,000 people have been killed and millions more been forced from their homes.
The devastating air strikes have also hit most neighborhoods of Aleppo, including al-Kallaseh, al-Sakhour, al-Jazmati and al-Maasraniyeh.
Shelling and air raids in Aleppo over the past week have killed more than 230 civilians and pushed a landmark Feb. 27 ceasefire to the verge of collapse.
On Friday, crude barrel bombs smashed into residential neighborhoods as rescue workers scrambled to cope with the casualties.
Near the eastern rebel-held Fardos district, the civil defense, known as the White Helmets, pulled bloodied bodies caked in dust from a building that had been hit.
On Friday, a military source said a Russian Su-24 warplane whose carried out the deadly air strikes on Aleppo's hospital late on Wednesday that left 50 people dead, including medics, children and doctors.
The Russian night-attack jet hit Al-Quds field hospital in rebel-held Aleppo with two Kh-29, air-to-surface missiles with a range of 10–30 km and a large warhead of 320 kg.
The source, who works in a military air base, said regime asked Russians to use this kind of devastating missiles that intended for primary use against larger battlefield targets and infrastructure such as hospitals, industrial buildings, depots and bridges.
Despite Russia refused to claim responsibility for the massacre, all indications prove that regime war planes can not conduct such advanced air strikes since its not having such missiles, the source said.
Despite the carnage, Aleppo has been excluded from a fresh "freeze" in fighting brokered by the United States and Russia.
Since the conflict in Syria erupted in 2011, more than 400,000 people have been killed and millions more been forced from their homes.
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