Scores of Bombs Fall on Aleppo and Darayya in week

For the seventh day in a row, Syria’s headline was regime bombing, especially of insurgent-held areas of Aleppo and the Damascus suburb of Darayya.

Dozens of bombs, including barrel bombs, were dropped on sections of Aleppo such as Hanano. Airstrikes, as well as tank and artillery attacks, were also launched on the Aleppo Central Prison after insurgents occupied part of it and released hundreds of inmates.

Another 22 barrel bombs were used on the strategic town of Darayya, between southern Damascus and Daraa Province in southern Syria, bringing the total to almost 250 since the start of the year.

The Local Coordination said 82 people were killed across Syria on Thursday, including 10 women and 15 children. Of the deaths, 45 were in Aleppo Province and 22 in Damascus and its suburbs.

The regime has been unable to follow up the attacks with ground offensives to hold territory. Instead, the development on Thursday was the insurgent assault on the Aleppo Central Prison. By the end of Thursday, opposition fighters had a path into part of the complex and were trying to holding it against the Syrian military’s counter-attacks. EA