Photo: ReutersWar planes, artillery and helicopters continued bombarding eastern Aleppo on Saturday, hitting many of its densely populated residential districts, the Observatory said. Medical sources, residents and rebels in eastern Aleppo say hospitals have been damaged by air strikes and helicopter barrel bombs in recent days, including direct hits on the buildings. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson tweeted that reports of air strikes hitting civilians and hospitals in east Aleppo were "sickening" and called for a return to diplomacy. The charity Doctors Without Borders said in a message there had been more than 30 hits on hospitals in eastern Aleppo since early July. Syrian state television said on Tuesday the air force had targeted "terrorist strongholds and supply depots" in Aleppo.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 19, 2016 22:59 UTC