Syria's army, backed by Russia, has bombed the eastern part of Aleppo, killing more than 150 people, rescue workers say. The attacks come shortly before the US and Russia peace talks this weekend.
Airstrikes in Aleppo's rebel-held areas resumed on Thursday despite an announcement by the Syrian army that it would taper off strikes for humanitarian reasons.
"The bombing started at 2 a.m. and it's going on until now," Ibrahim Abu Laith, a civil defense and rescue official told the Reuters news agency. The death toll according to rescue workers was 154, although the figures could not be independently verified.
At least four children were killed and 10 wounded when shells landed near a school on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. According to Syria's official news agency SANA, the school, in Aleppo's al-Suleimaniya area, had been targeted in a terrorist attack. The observatory also said that rebels shelled government areas in eastern Aleppo, killing eight and wounding another 79 people.
Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU) reacted to the airstrikes by Syria's Russia-backed military,saying that since the beginning of the offensive, the intensity and scale of aerial bombardment had been disproportionate, Reuters news agency reported.
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