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Syria Hits Areas Held by Rebels in Aleppo Syria Hits Areas Held by Rebels in Aleppo
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ISTANBUL — Syrian government aircraft continued to strike rebel-held areas in Aleppo with makeshift bombs on Sunday, killing at least three dozen people, most of them women and children, antigovernment activists said. ISTANBUL — Syrian government aircraft continued to strike rebel-held areas in Aleppo with makeshift bombs on Sunday, killing at least three dozen people, most of them women and children, antigovernment activists said.
The bombs were dropped across neighborhoods in the south and east of the country’s largest city, reducing cinder-block apartment buildings to rubble and leaving crowds of men searching the debris for survivors, according to videos posted online.The bombs were dropped across neighborhoods in the south and east of the country’s largest city, reducing cinder-block apartment buildings to rubble and leaving crowds of men searching the debris for survivors, according to videos posted online.
Rebels have pointed to days of heavy bombing in Aleppo, which is in the north of Syria, to argue that the government of President Bashar al-Assad has no interest in reaching a negotiated end to the civil war despite its participation in internationally backed peace talks with exile political opposition. The first round concluded in Geneva on Friday.Rebels have pointed to days of heavy bombing in Aleppo, which is in the north of Syria, to argue that the government of President Bashar al-Assad has no interest in reaching a negotiated end to the civil war despite its participation in internationally backed peace talks with exile political opposition. The first round concluded in Geneva on Friday.
The government has not commented on the airstrikes other than to mention in the state news media that its forces have killed “terrorists,” a blanket term for the opposition.The government has not commented on the airstrikes other than to mention in the state news media that its forces have killed “terrorists,” a blanket term for the opposition.
Though Mr. Assad’s government has solidified its hold on the capital, Damascus, and much of the country’s center, its forces have failed to dislodge rebels who took over parts of Aleppo more than a year ago.Though Mr. Assad’s government has solidified its hold on the capital, Damascus, and much of the country’s center, its forces have failed to dislodge rebels who took over parts of Aleppo more than a year ago.
The recent violence there has followed the same pattern that has left sections of the historic city in ruins: Rebel groups clash with the Syrian military or fire rockets and mortar rounds at their bases, and the government responds by bombing the neighborhoods where the rebels operate, often killing civilians.The recent violence there has followed the same pattern that has left sections of the historic city in ruins: Rebel groups clash with the Syrian military or fire rockets and mortar rounds at their bases, and the government responds by bombing the neighborhoods where the rebels operate, often killing civilians.
“There are two girls and a boy — all of them lost,” a young boy in one online video told a group of men searching a collapsed building.“There are two girls and a boy — all of them lost,” a young boy in one online video told a group of men searching a collapsed building.
Activists say the high death tolls are caused by so-called barrel bombs, which consist of explosives and shrapnel that are sealed in an oil drum and dropped from the air to explode on the ground. They cause widespread destruction.Activists say the high death tolls are caused by so-called barrel bombs, which consist of explosives and shrapnel that are sealed in an oil drum and dropped from the air to explode on the ground. They cause widespread destruction.
Human rights groups have criticized barrel bombs as indiscriminate.Human rights groups have criticized barrel bombs as indiscriminate.
Sunday’s bombings killed 36 people, including 17 children and seven women, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.Sunday’s bombings killed 36 people, including 17 children and seven women, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Some 90 people had been killed in bombings of the city during the two previous days, the group said, including many women and children and 10 fighters from the Nusra Front, a rebel group that is affiliated with Al Qaeda.Some 90 people had been killed in bombings of the city during the two previous days, the group said, including many women and children and 10 fighters from the Nusra Front, a rebel group that is affiliated with Al Qaeda.
The Syrian Observatory is based in Britain, but it monitors the conflict through a network of contacts in Syria.The Syrian Observatory is based in Britain, but it monitors the conflict through a network of contacts in Syria.