UPDATES DEATH TOLL
By Halit Suleyman
ALEPPO, Syria (AA) - An aerial attack on a mosque during prayer time in the Syrian city of Aleppo killed 58 people late on Thursday, a civil defense source told Anadolu Agency.
Civil defense official Yahya Javad said the attack also wounded dozens of others in the city’s Al-Etarip area.
"A warplane, which we believe was a Russian jet, bombed a mosque during prayer time in Jina village near the Al-Etarip district of Aleppo," he said.
Javad said civil defense officials tried to rescue people from the mosque's wreckage: "There were 200-300 people in the mosque [during the attack]."
He said the death toll could rise, despite efforts by civil defense teams to reach people trapped under the wreckage.
He stressed: "Attacking a mosque with a jet cannot be accepted."
Syria has remained locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests with unexpected ferocity.
Since then, more than 250,000 Syrians have been killed in the conflict and millions more displaced, according to UN figures.