Four killed 20 injured in a terrorist attack in Aleppo

Foreign-sponsored terrorists have carried out a mortar attack on the eastern area of the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, leaving at least four people dead and 20 others injured.

The casualties occurred in Ramouseh and Hamdaniyah neighborhoods in Aleppo on Monday, after the terrorists fired mortar shells and opened gunfire at civilians, Press TV correspondent in Syria said.

Local sources have noted that the injured were transferred to hospitals to receive treatment, adding that the deadly assault caused material damage to public and private properties.

The development comes as fierce clashes are going on between Syrian government forces and militants trying to break the siege around the city of Aleppo.

Reports by Syria’s official news agency, SANA, said that dozens of Syrian families have left the besieged militant-controlled eastern parts of Aleppo through humanitarian passages set up by the Syrian army.

Between 200,000 and 300,000 people are believed to still reside in eastern Aleppo, with the UN warning that food supplies will run out in the militant-held region in mid-August.

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