Syrian Civil Defense officials of rebel-held neighborhoods of Aleppo city called on citizens to stay in their shelters and basements to avoid Syrian regime's aerial bombardment as the death toll of Saturday rose to 50 people at least.
Civil Defense workers said at least 35 people have been killed and 30 wounded in a regime air raid on crowded local market in the Maadi neighborhood of Aleppo. Five vehicles and 15 shops were destroyed in the attack, they added.
Medics said field hospital were flooded by wounded and bodies of civilians, saying the casualties may reach 50.
Also, Insurgents bombarded a government-held part of Syria's second city Aleppo overnight, killing at least eight people, Syrian state media reported.
Aleppo, near the Turkish border, is a major frontline in the Syrian war. Rebel groups in and around the city have repelled repeated attempts by the Syrian army and militia fighting with it to cut supply lines from Turkey to the rebels.
Syria's Grand Mufti Ahmed Badr al-Din al-Hassoun, speaking on state TV, urged the complete destruction of insurgent-held areas from which shells were being fired.
"We inform the civilians there, be they supporters (of the insurgents), or not, to leave the area. Every area from which a shell is fired, should be completely destroyed," he said, according to Reuters.
Rebel-held parts of Aleppo have faced regular air strikes by the Syrian military. A U.N. commission of enquiry on Syria has recorded the intense use of barrel bombs - improvised bombs dropped by helicopter - by government forces in the city.
Rebels have also made use of improvised shells to bombard government-held areas. So-called "hell cannons" fire shells comprising a cooking gas cylinder. It was not clear what type of weapon had been used in their latest attack.
Zaman Al Wasl
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