Air raids kill at least 28 civilians in Syria’s AleppoALEPPO, Syria: Air raids on rebel-held districts of Syria’s battleground second city of Aleppo killed at least 28 civilians including children on Saturday, a monitor said. “Eleven civilians, including four children, were killed by air raids after midnight in the Bab al-Nasr area of Old Aleppo, and seven others were killed in Fardous neighborhood,” the monitor said. Russia has insisted that non-jihadist rebel groups — particularly those in and around Aleppo — must disassociate themselves from Al-Nusra in order to avoid being targeted in air raids. Truce routinely violatedThe Observatory said rebel fighters shelled government-controlled western areas of Aleppo, but had no immediate word on any casualties. The Observatory, which relies on a network of sources across Syria for its information, said the air strikes were likely either Russian or regime warplanes.

Source: Manila Times July 16, 2016 18:33 UTC