Airstrikes kill 30 civilians in Aleppo

ALEPPO, SYRIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Search and rescue team members carry out search and rescue operation on the rubble of a building after the war crafts belonging to the Russian Army bombed in the al-Shear district of Aleppo, Syria on September 28, 2016. ( Jawad al Rifai – Anadolu Agency )

At least 30 civilians were killed and numerous others injured today by an airstrike in Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo, according to a local civil defence source.

Babiris Meshaal, a civil defence official based in Aleppo, told the Anadolu Agency that a total of 30 civilians had been killed and many others injured in the airstrike.

He added that the warplanes belonged to Russia or Syrian regime.

Since 19 September, when the Bashar Al-Assad’s regime announced the end of a weeklong truce sponsored by Washington and Moscow, Syrian and Russian warplanes have pounded opposition-held parts of Aleppo.

Scores of civilians have reportedly been killed or injured in the attacks, which remain ongoing.

Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests which erupted as part of the Arab Spring with unexpected ferocity.

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