The number of people "killed after the bombing of areas in the city of
Aleppo with explosive-packed barrels yesterday (Sunday) rose to 76,"
including "28 children and four women," said the Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights.
The Observatory said that one youth and 43 men had also been killed in the
bombings, but did not specify whether any opposition fighters were among the
casualties.
- A previous toll from the Observatory -- which relies on a network of activists, lawyers and medics for its information -- had put the number of killed at 36, among them 15 children.
The Aleppo Media Centre, a network of activists on the ground, called the
raids on the northern city "unprecedented".
The Local Coordinating Committees, a network of pro-opposition activists,
said military aircraft had dropped barrels packed with explosives on rebel-held
areas of Aleppo.
More than 126,000 people have been killed in Syria since March 2011, and
millions more have fled their homes.
Source: Agency
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