Beirut , April 13 (QNA) -At least 29 people were killed in shelling and firefights between Syrian government forces and the opposition miliants in the northern city of Aleppo, the Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday.
About 16 militants were among those who died in the overnight combat with President Bashar Assad’s forces.
At least 13 civilians were also killed when government aircraft dropped barrel bombs on the city’s three rebel-held districts Saturday, the Observatory said.
Another activist group, the Syria-based Local Coordination Committees also reported heavy fighting in Aleppo, saying Assad’s warplanes launched fresh airstrikes there on Sunday.
Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and its onetime commercial center, has been a key front in the civil war since July 2012 when rebels launched an offensive there.(QNA)
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QNA 1105 GMT 2014/04/13
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