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30 killed in wave of air strikes in Syria’s Aleppo

Manzurul Alam Mukul || risingbd.com

Published: 03:36, 29 April 2016   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
30 killed in wave of air strikes in Syria’s Aleppo

Risingbd Desk: Syrian government air strikes have killed at least 30 people in rebel-held areas of Aleppo, sources in the city said.

The attacks on Thursday came within hours of a strike on a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which killed Dr Wasem Maaz, the last remaining pediatrician in the rebel-held part of the city.

Sources said that government warplanes carried out at least 40 air strikes since the attack on the medical facility and that the dead included at least six children and three women.

As of Thursday evening, rescue workers were continuing to dig through the rubble looking for survivors and bodies.

The areas affected by the attacks included Bustan al-Qasr, Bab al-Hadeed, al-Koba and several others. At least one strike mistakenly hit the the government-held area of Medan, killing six civilians.

The violence comes amid a breakdown in truce talks between the government and opposition representatives in Geneva.

The bloc representing the opposition at peace talks in Geneva, the High Negotiations Committee (HNC), on Wednesday threatened to boycott the next round of talks unless the government stopped its bombing campaign.

The HNC left formal negotiations last week, saying that it needed a "pause", after at least 40,000 people fled fighting near Aleppo when government forces pressed on with an offensive against rebel fighters there.
 
Source: Agencies

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