Regime, Russian warplanes strike Aleppo, killing 56

By Halit Suleyman

ALEPPO, Syria (AA) – Fifty-six people were killed and 220 injured Saturday by Assad regime and Russian airstrikes on residential areas in opposition-held parts of Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo, a civil defense official said.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Najib Ansari said that the warplanes targeted the districts of Bustan al-Qasr, Mashhad, al-Kallasa, Salihiya, and al-Fardos, all currently under siege by the Bashar al-Assad regime.

The casualties include women and children.

The death toll is expected to rise due to limited capacity to rescue victims trapped under collapsed buildings.

On Friday, 86 people were killed by regime and Russian warplanes.

Aleppo has been recently suffered from intense attacks by regime and Russian forces.

Since Sept. 19, at least 323 civilians have been killed and 1,334 injured by Assad regime and Russian airstrikes on Aleppo, according to civil defense officials and medical sources in the city.

The attacks have targeted districts in the eastern part of Aleppo besieged by regime forces.

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

The Syrian Center for Policy Research, a Beirut-based NGO, has put the death toll from the six-year-old conflict at more than 470,000.