Is Syria's 'fragile cease-fire' really a cease-fire at all?
The Syrian regime resumed its airstrikes on residential neighborhoods of Aleppo, which could mean President Bashar al-Assad isn't concerned about finding a political solution to the war.
ALEPPO, Syria — Syrian regime fighter jets stepped up their attacks on residential neighborhoods in Aleppo over the weekend, killing 42 people, including women and children, and wounding scores of other civilians.
The warplanes targeted buildings in numerous opposition-controlled neighborhoods, including a market in Sakhur. The regime, which had resumed shelling April 11, has intensified its efforts since then. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the air force's shelling of numerous neighborhoods in the city.
“The shelling was very heavy on Friday, Saturday and Sunday," Khaled Khatib, media officer for the Syrian Civil Defense, told Al-Monitor. "The regime’s warplanes targeted vital areas in Aleppo, including 11 residential neighborhoods almost inside the city. The civil defense units saved an entire family that was stuck under the rubble of their own home that was shelled in Tarik al-Bab neighborhood on Saturday, April 23.
"The civil defense also pulled out the dismembered body parts of five people who died in the shelling of a public garden [market] in the Sakhur neighborhood. …The airstrikes killed 40 people, while a large number of people were badly injured,” Khatib added.
