date of publication 25 july 2016 video suspected russian strikes hit several locations in rebel-held parts of syrias aleppo province including a market area in the early hours of monday morning. tags aleppo syria assad russia attack airstrikes at least 16 people were killed in airstrikes and barrel bomb attacks on rebel-held parts of syrias aleppo province on monday. early on monday morning multiple air raids believed to be russian killed 10 civilians in the rebel-held atareb town the london-based syrian observatory for human rights said. footage showed the local civil defence unit attempting to put out a fire in the rubble of one collapsed building as civilians attempted to search for medicine from what seemed to be the remains of a pharmacy. meanwhile six others were killed in government barrel bombs in the east of the city. the monitor which relies on a network of sources inside syria for its information said the death toll was expected to rise because of the number of people with injuries and still trapped under the debris. the news follows earlier airstrike on syrias aleppo that hit four makeshift hospitals and a local blood bank. sundays bombardment killed a two-day-old baby in the childrens hospital in a besieged eastern neighbourhood of aleppo the independent doctors association a group of syrian doctors that supports clinics in the city said. the ida said the four hospitals that were hit the childrens hospital al-bayan al-zahraa and al-daqaq would all be going out of service "as a result of the escalating series of aerial attacks taking place against health facilities in aleppo by syrian and russian warplanes". the world health organisation said syria was the most dangerous place for health care workers to operate last year with 135 attacks on health facilities and workers in 2015. in recent months several hospitals have been damaged and medical staff killed in the densely populated eastern neighbourhoods of aleppo city. a hospital in the eastern maadi neighbourhood was hit just eight days ago wounding some of the staff and patients inside. once an economic hub aleppo has been divided between rebel and government control since 2012. more than 280000 people have been killed since syrias conflict erupted in 2011 and millions have been forced to flee. read also
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