Syrian
government shelling killed 21 civilians, including two children, in an eastern
district of Aleppo early Wednesday, a monitoring group said.
The Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said dozens more were wounded in the artillery
fire on the rebel-held Jubb al-Qubbeh district.
Observatory
head Rami Abdel Rahman said the shelling there was "fierce," and many
people were stuck under the rubble of collapsed buildings.
According to
the White Helmets, a rescue group in opposition-controlled Syrian territory,
the artillery fire hit a group of displaced civilians seeking refuge from other
eastern districts.
Syrian state
news agency SANA on Wednesday said that eight civilians including two children
were killed in rebel rocket fire on government-controlled districts in the
city.
Another seven
people were wounded, the agency said, citing a police source in Aleppo.
More than
50,000 people have been displaced since regime forces began a ferocious
offensive on rebels in second city Aleppo two weeks ago, according to the
Observatory.
Fighters loyal
to President Bashar al-Assad have already seized at least a third of eastern
Aleppo, an opposition stronghold since 2012.
More than
300,000 people have been killed and millions forced to flee their homes since
Syria's conflict erupted in March 2011 with protests calling for Assad's
ouster.
AFP
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