Aleppo - six days of air strikes kill an estimated 200 people

The United Nations has described the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo as ’catastrophic’. A human rights group estimates that six days of air strikes and rebel shelling in the city have killed around 200 people, around two-thirds of them on the opposition side. The city is split between government and opposing forces. On Wednesday air strikes destroyed a hospital and killed dozens of people in rebel-held areas of Aleppo. The clinic was run by Medicins Sans Frontieres and the victims, … READ MORE