Syria’s regime and its ally Russia has launched a wide-ranging assault on rebels with renewed strikes on the besieged eastern neighbourhoods of Aleppo, sparking fury in Washington.
The US condemned Russia’s renewed bombing campaign, warning that strikes on civilian targets break law.
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke of a “major operation” which saw the first missions carried out by warplanes taking off from the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier that arrived off Syria last week. In Aleppo, Syrian Government aircraft pounded the eastern neighbourhoods with air strikes and barrel bomb attacks, a monitor and AFP correspondent on Tuesday said.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 5 civilians were killed.