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Published: 05:57, 14 November 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Air raids kill 43 civilians in Syria's Aleppo

International Desk: At least 43 civilians have been killed and dozens more wounded in three air strikes on a busy market in al-Atarib, a town in Syria's western Aleppo province.

Al Jazeera Suhaib al-Khalaf, reporting from Syria's Idlib city, said the overall toll was expected to rise because dozens of people had been wounded or were still missing after the attack.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not immediately clear whether Monday's strikes on al-Atarib, a town in a so-called de-escalation zone, had been carried out by Syrian warplanes or those of Russia.

Videos posted on social media purported to show massive destruction at the scene with rubble from damaged buildings covering the town's street and peoples faces drenched in blood.

The air strikes come less than two weeks after peace talks in Astana where Russia, Turkey and Iran announced plans to implement no fly zones over four so-called de-escalation zones.

The zones, which include the provinces of Idlib, Homs, Latakia, Aleppo and Hama - are areas where fighters and government forces should halt hostilities, including air raids, for six months.

More than 2.5 million people are believed to live in the zones.

Source: Aljazeera

 

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