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Casualties reported in airstrikes on rebel-held districts of Aleppo 10 dead in airstrikes on rebel-held parts of Aleppo, say activists
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Syrian opposition activists say airstrikes in rebel-held districts of the city of Aleppo have killed at least 10 people and left many others wounded. Airstrikes on rebel-held districts of Syria’s contested city of Aleppo, including one that struck near a hospital, have killed at least 10 people and left many others wounded, Syrian opposition activists said.
They say one of the strikes on Wednesday hit near the Bayan hospital in the Shaar neighbourhood of the contested city. The northern city, Syria’s largest, has seen an uptick in violence in the last two days, with government forces pounding rebel-held eastern parts with airstrikes while rebels shell western, government-held areas.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based opposition monitoring group, said at least 10 people were killed, including children. The Local Coordination Committees, which closely follows the conflict in Syria, also reported the strikes, saying they had resulted in multiple casualties. The activists said one of the strikes on Wednesday hit near the Bayan hospital in the Shaar neighbourhood. Amateur videos uploaded on the internet by activists show massive destruction, fires and thick black smoke billowing from buildings.
The northern city of Aleppo has experienced a rise in violence in the past 48 hours. Government forces were pounding rebel-held eastern parts of the city with strikes from the air while rebels shelled western, government-held areas. Wounded people are seen being loaded into ambulances. A body covered in thick grey dust is lying face down on a street littered with debris.
The Independent Doctors Association, which describes itself as a cross-border Syrian humanitarian organisation providing healthcare to the province and the city of Aleppo, said on its Twitter account that an airstrike hit a children’s hospital it runs, destroying one floor.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based opposition monitoring group, said at least 10 were killed in Wednesday’s attacks, including children.
It was not immediately clear if they were all victims of the strike that hit near the hospital. The Local Coordination Committees, which also closely follows the conflict in Syria, also reported the airstrikes, saying they resulted in multiple casualties.
Hospitals and medical facilities have become a regular target in Syria’s civil war, now in its sixth year. Since the start of the conflict in 2011, nearly 740 doctors and staff have been killed in more than 360 attacks on hospitals in Syria, according to Physicians for Human Rights.
Aleppo, once Syria’s thriving commercial centre, has been carved up between government- and rebel-controlled districts since the summer of 2012. The city has been at the center of a vicious war of attrition between government and opposition forces since then.