Civil War In Syria -- News Updates May 30, 2015

Al Jazeera: Syria barrel bomb attacks 'kill scores' in Aleppo

At least 75 people reported killed after government forces carry out raids in Aleppo province, monitoring group says.

A series of barrel bombs dropped by Syria's government has killed at least 75 people and wounded dozens others in Aleppo province, according to medical sources and a monitoring group.

The deaths occurred in two separate incidents on Saturday when helicopters dropped explosives-filled barrels, which are deemed illegal under international law.

One barrel bomb hit the rebel-held Shaar neighbourhood of the city of Aleppo, killing at least 20 people, most of them from the same family, local activists have told Al Jazeera.

Civil War In Syria -- News Updates May 30, 2015

Regime barrel bombs kill 71 civilians as Syria army in retreat -- AFP
Syria crisis: 'Barrel bomb strikes kill 71' in Aleppo province -- BBC
Syrian air raids kill dozens of civilians in north - monitoring group -- Reuters
Syria: Assad regime bombs claim 85 lives in Aleppo -- Middle East Monitor
Syria rebels take Idlib province as army retreats -- Al Jazeera
Syrian Islamist rebels 'seize Ariha in Idlib province' -- BBC
ISIS posts photos of appalling conditions in Syria's Palmyra Prison -- YNet News
Isis fighter in Syria was 'beheaded in revenge attack' -- The Guardian
Former U.S. Intel Analyst: Syria ‘Descending into Hell’ -- Washington Free Beacon
Outgoing U.N. aid chief paints harrowing portrait of Syria war -- Reuters
Al Qaeda's strategy in Syria is working -- Armin Rosen, Business Insider
What Syria needs now -- David Miliband, CNN