AMMAN, Jordan: An air strike killed at least 12 children in a Syrian rebel-held town in Aleppo province on Monday when it struck a school, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
The air strike on the town of Ain Jara, nearly 15 kilometers west of Aleppo city, also killed a teacher, and there were reports of others wounded, some of whom were in critical condition, it said.
Social media footage released by activists showed large scale destruction of a building with a classroom with destroyed benches and textbooks lying on the floor stained with blood. The footage could not be independently verified by Reuters.
Russia on Monday said its air force jets have flown 311 combat sorties in Syria and attacked 1,097 “terrorist targets” there since the start of this year.
Defense ministry official Lt. General Sergei Rudskoy was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying on Monday that the targets included oil infrastructure, military equipment and troops under the control of armed militant groups, RIA news agency reported.
Russia had been criticized for targetting groups in Syria that were being aided by a US-led Coalition, rather than focusing on the Daesh and Al-Qaeda.
The air strike on the town of Ain Jara, nearly 15 kilometers west of Aleppo city, also killed a teacher, and there were reports of others wounded, some of whom were in critical condition, it said.
Social media footage released by activists showed large scale destruction of a building with a classroom with destroyed benches and textbooks lying on the floor stained with blood. The footage could not be independently verified by Reuters.
Russia on Monday said its air force jets have flown 311 combat sorties in Syria and attacked 1,097 “terrorist targets” there since the start of this year.
Defense ministry official Lt. General Sergei Rudskoy was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying on Monday that the targets included oil infrastructure, military equipment and troops under the control of armed militant groups, RIA news agency reported.
Russia had been criticized for targetting groups in Syria that were being aided by a US-led Coalition, rather than focusing on the Daesh and Al-Qaeda.
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