Syria: dozens killed in an airstrike that hit the hospital in Aleppo, as violence intensifies

A rescuer trying to save a little girl in the area hit by the air
strikes in Aleppo
(Image: The Daily Mail Online)

An air strike hit a hospital located in the rebel-held area in the city of Aleppo in Syria on Friday, 29 April, as the fighting intensifies in Syria despite the ceasefire mediated by the UN and the world powers and declared since 28 February.

A hospital is located in Al-Marja district in Aleppo, controlled by the rebels. The hospital was operating under support of the Doctors Without Borders organization. More than 30 people were killed in an air strike, most of them medical personnel and patients of the hospital and inhabitants of the neighboring residential area. There are also children among the victims of the recent attack. Dozens were left wounded.

Syria: the fate of a ceasefire agreement unclear amid Asad's assurances to respect it and Russian airstrikes

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and
US Secretary of State John Kerry during the ceasefire talks
(Image: CBS News)

The fate of Syrian ceasefire agreement brokered recently by USA and Russia remains unclear, as fierce fighting between the Asad's forces supported by Russia and rebel forces continues and fighting against the ISIS militants escalates.

After the failure of the previous Syrian peace talks held earlier in Vienna and recently in Geneva the ceasefire agreement reached after the Munich talks remains the only one glimmer of hope for Syrian people to have a break in the continuous fighting and airstrikes, that have already left thousands Syrians dead, mostly civilians.

Syrian army seizes rebel-held city in the province of Aleppo

Destroyed city after heavy battles between the pro-government
and rebels' forces
(Image: Yahoo News)

The Syrian army and allied forces have seized the rebel-held city of Al-Hader in the northern Province of Aleppo on Thursday, 12 November, according to Syrian state TV quoting military source. This area, held by the rebels fighting against the Asad's regime, is a strategic area.

The military source stated that rebels have fled the city after the Syrian army and pro-government forces took full control of it.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in UK, said that the city of Al-Hader was a stronghold of the rebel forces and their main bastion in the rural southern province, where the major government military offensives backed by the Hezbollah forces and Russian aerial strikes took place during the previous weeks. It was also stated that seizing of Al-Hader city could help the pro-government forces to advance further to the West in Idlib province.

The Syrian army push into Aleppo battle district

BREAKING.

The rebel in Aleppo

The Syrian army troops make a push into tthe battleground distrcit of the city of Aleppo.

According to the Reuters witness, there was an army helicopter firing the mashinegun rounds on Aleppo on Saturday. Syrian military forces also fire artillery shells trying to break through the rebels' frontline in the battleground district of Salaheddin.

Meanwhile the rebel forces hide in the streets and the alleyways trying to avoid the bullets and tank rounds. The shots and tank rounds struck the buiding in the district.

Reuters witness reports there was at least one helicopter firing and the explosions are to hear almost every two minutes. The situation on the battleground still remains hard.