The Battle For The Syrian City of Aleppo Is Intensifying

Reuters: Syrian and Russian aircraft step up bombing of Aleppo city: monitor

Nearly 50 air strikes hit rebel-held areas in and around the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday in some of the heaviest recent raids by Russian and Syrian government aircraft, residents and a monitoring group said.

The group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, also said an unidentified war plane had crashed in countryside south of Aleppo, in an area where Islamist rebel fighters are battling the Syrian army and Iranian-backed forces. It had no information on what caused the crash.

A civil defense worker said at least 32 people were killed in the rebel-held parts of the city during the air strikes, with 18 bodies pulled from flattened buildings in the Qatrji neighborhood, the worst hit.

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Reports: Russian And Syrian Forces Step Up Aleppo Bombings -- RFE
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Russia says militants begin offensive against Syrian army southwest of Aleppo -- Reuters
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