KABUL: (Middle East Press) Foreign-backed militants have carried out rockets in the neighborhood of Aleppo city in northern Syria that at least nine people, including three children, have been killed.
According to reports, the attack took place on the Hay al-Seryan neighborhood on Monday without elaborating further on the fatal strike.
In the meantime, a UK-based monitoring group, linked to Syria’s Western-backed opposition, reported that 20 more people were injured in the attack.
Aleppo once served as Syria’s industrial powerhouse, but it has been split between government-held western part and the militant-held eastern portion since shortly after the foreign-backed insurgency began in the key Arab country in mid-2012.
Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fueled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of an estimated 200,000 people, according to reports. New figures indicate that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, lost their lives in Syria last year.
