19 killed, 120 injured in terrorist attacks in Syria's Aleppo
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Smoke rises on a main road in the Salaheddin neighborhood of Syria's Aleppo on April 24, 2016. © AFP
At least 19 civilians, including three children, have been killed in rocket attacks carried out by terrorist groups in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo.
Some 120 people were also injured in the attacks on residential areas on Monday, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Syria's official news agency, SANA, said that some 16 people died and 86 others were injured in the attacks carried out by al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front and its allied groups.
According to reports, some 86 civilians have been killed in Aleppo in clashes between government forces and terrorist groups over the past three years.
On Sunday, the Syrian Foreign Ministry sent letters to the UN Security Council and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to protest the terrorist attacks on residential neighborhoods in Aleppo and the capital, Damascus.
The letters said that the attacks violated the ceasefire, which was brokered by Russia and the US, and which took effect in February.
Syrian officials say the recent terrorist attacks show lack of seriousness on the part of opposition to respect the truce deal.
Damascus and terrorist groups involved in the ceasefire have been trading accusations of truce violation.
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