Off the wire
• Urgent: Iceland's ruling coalition fails to win majority in parliamentary elections  • Spain's Rajoy to name cabinet on Thursday  • Urgent: Rebel shelling kills 40 in Syria's Aleppo  • Feature: It's school time for 10,000 refugee children in Greece  • Alexey Lutsenko of Astana dominates Tour of Hainan 2016  • Kipkemboi, Seurey win Nairobi Standard Chartered Marathon  • Weather forecast for major Chinese cities, regions -- Oct. 30  • Weather forecast for world cities -- Oct. 30  • Xiluodu generates 50 bln kwh of electricity in 2016  • N. China city cuts 32 mln tonnes of steel capacity  
You are here: 　 Home

1st LD: Intensified rebel shelling kills 40 in Syria's Aleppo

Xinhua, October 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least 40 people have been killed and 250 others wounded over the past 48 hours by intensified rebel shelling on government-controlled areas in the country's northern city of Aleppo, a monitor group said Sunday.

Fourteen children and five women were among those killed by the intense shelling, which was coupled by a major offensive by at least 12 rebel groups on the government forces positions in Aleppo, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The rebels started their offensive on Friday from the southwestern countryside of Aleppo with the aim of breaking the siege imposed by the Syrian army on rebel-held areas in eastern Aleppo.

The rebels, including extremist groups, successfully infiltrated the Assad Suburb area in western Aleppo, engaging with the Syrian army in intense battles, deemed as the most violent since the beginning of conflict in Aleppo.

Observers believe that Aleppo is going to be the decisive battle ground among the fighting groups, and the winner will be the one dictating its conditions to resolve the crisis, as the province contain all the groups that are supported by regional and international powers, with the civilians paying the price for this proxy war. Endit