Syrian warplanes targeted several residential districts of the northern city of Aleppo on Monday, killing at least five people including three children from one family, a rights watchdog said.
The five were killed and others were wounded in the central district of Maadi in the country’s second city and commercial hub, a focal point for the fighting since mid-July, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
“Three children from the same family were killed when their building collapsed in Maadi district, which is located in the Old City of Aleppo, 600 metres from the citadel,” the watchdog’s Rami Abdel Rahman said.
“There are still people buried under the rubble,” he added.
Videos posted to YouTube by activists, showed a mountain of rubble and men trying to clear away slabs of debris to free trapped residents.
Battles raged overnight in Aleppo’s western districts of Jamiliyeh, Bustan al-Qasr, Furqan and in Zabdiyeh, while the army shelled rebel positions in Marjeh, Tariq al-Bab and Zabdiyeh, the Observatory said.