Syria regime bombing kills 21 in north

Air strikes by Syrian government forces yesterday killed at least 21 people, including six children, and wounded 50 in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, a monitor said.

In the south of Aleppo city, a small girl was among four civilians killed in the rebel-held neighbourhood of Ferdus, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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Another seven civilians died in Deir Hafer and Bab, two areas located in the east and north of Aleppo under the control of ISIS jihadist group, said the Observatory.

Explosives-filled barrels and missiles were used in the wave of bombing, which left 50 people wounded.

In Idlib, air strikes killed 10 people, five of them children, said the Britain-based monitor, which relies on a network of sources on the ground for its reports.