As Aleppo battle rages, citizens suffer from blockade, shelling
Dozens of civilians were killed and wounded in Aleppo after the cease-fire failed and regime forces launched a fierce campaign to recapture the opposition-held neighborhoods in the city.
ALEPPO — The Syrian regime’s military airplanes and helicopters are intensely shelling the neighborhoods in Aleppo under the Syrian opposition’s control. On Sept. 28, the warplanes targeted a bakery in al-Maadi neighborhood, east of Aleppo, while people were gathering to buy bread. As a result, six people were killed and five others were wounded.
Al-Halak, Baidin, al-Sakhour, Sheikh Khadr, Masakin Hanano, Sheikh Fares, al-Haydariyat and al-Shakif neighborhoods were shelled on Sept. 30. Seven people were killed and others wounded — as of the time of this writing — while some still remain stuck under the rubble as residential buildings have been destroyed. This scene has been recurring since Sept. 19.
On Sept. 19, the Syrian regime announced its decision of noncompliance with the cease-fire reached under US-Russian brokerage and blamed the armed opposition factions for this collapse, as they had breached the truce 300 times, according to the regime.
For its part, the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces accused Russia and the regime forces of breaching the truce, especially after Russian and regime aircraft targeted an aid convoy of about 20 Red Crescent trucks as they were crossing Urum al-Kubra village in Aleppo’s western countryside. As a result, the convoy was destroyed, 12 people were killed and others were wounded, most of whom were Red Crescent staff, including Omar Barakat, the head of the agency in Urum al-Kubra.
