Terrorist shelling kills 49 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo

At least 49 civilians have reportedly been killed in recent rocket attacks carried out by foreign-backed terrorists in Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo.

According to Press TV, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday that the deadly attacks took place in government-held areas of the embattled city during the past six days.

Meanwhile, Syria’s official news agency SANA said militant fire killed at least four civilians and wounded four others in Aleppo on Thursday.

The Britain-based observatory also said a series of airstrikes hit a hospital and nearby buildings in the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo shortly before midnight on Wednesday, killing at least 27.

The Paris-based medical aid group Doctors Without Borders said 14 patients and medical staff, including at least three doctors, were among those killed in the airstrikes.

The casualties are the latest from an upsurge of fighting between government and terrorists in the city that has reportedly killed nearly 150 people since last Friday.

On Wednesday, special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura called for urgent steps by the US and Russia to rescue the February 27 ceasefire.

The truce came close to collapse after foreign-backed terrorists abandoned the peace talks and declared a new war on the Syrian government.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said on the same day that Turkey and other countries were supplying terrorists in Syria with advanced weapons.

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