UPDATE - Airstrikes kill 43 in Syria’s Aleppo

UPDATES DEATH TOLL, NUMBER OF INJURED; ADDS MORE DETAILS

By Burak Karakocaoglu and Ashraf Musa and Cem Genco

IDLIB, Syria (AA) - At least 43 people have been killed Monday in airstrikes that targeted a marketplace in Syria’s northwestern Aleppo province, according to a Syrian civil defense team.

Three airstrikes targeted the marketplace where approximately 100 people were present in the opposition-held Atarib town, Khalid Al-Khatib, an official of pro-opposition Syrian civil defense teams (White Helmets) told Anadolu Agency.

Around 50 people were also injured in the airstrikes, Al-Khatib said, fearing that death toll may rise.

Civil defense teams rushed to the scene to rescue people trapped under the debris as the injured were taken to nearby field hospitals.

Four of the wounded persons were sent to Turkey for treatment, according to local sources from southeastern Turkish province of Hatay.

The sources told Anadolu Agency the injured people were referred to several hospitals in the province after initial treatment at the Cilvegozu border gate between Turkey and Syria.

Syria has been in turmoil by a devastating civil war that began in early 2011 when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests with unexpected ferocity.

Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict and more than 10 million displaced, according to the UN.