Shelling in Syria's Aleppo kills 14, injures 40

Terrorist militants have fired a barrage of mortars and rockets into a busy market in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, leaving at least 14 people dead and 40 more injured.

State-run news agency SANA said on Sunday the attack by "terrorists" occurred in the Kurdish-dominated neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud, which has been targeted by shelling despite a US and Russian-brokered ceasefire that took effect February 27.

The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based opposition group that monitors the conflict, said more than 70 rockets and mortar shells were fired at Sheikh Maqsoud.

The Observatory said the shells were fired by militants, affiliated with the al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front, Ahrar al-Sham Salafist movement with close ties to Turkey, and Daesh.

Kurdish fighters from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) have been engaged in heavy fighting with anti-Damascus militants in recent months.

Turkey has been slammed for supporting anti-Damascus militants with funds, training and weapons.

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