ALEPPO (SYRIA) - Syrian government and Russian warplanes pounded rebel-held parts of northern Syria Wednesday, including battered second city Aleppo, where food aid rations were all-but-exhausted after months of regime siege. The regime and its ally Russia launched a wide-ranging assault on rebels on Tuesday, shattering a month of relative calm in the rebel-held east of devastated Aleppo. The Independent Doctors Association, a medical group, said barrel bomb attacks had damaged two facilities it supports in eastern Aleppo -- the children's hospital and the only bloodbank in the area. The monitor said it was not immediately clear if the strikes on Batabo were carried out by Russian or Syrian planes. - Food aid runs out in Aleppo -The bombardment ended a period of relative respite, particularly in eastern Aleppo, where Moscow halted air strikes on October 18 ahead of a series of brief ceasefires.

Source: Bangkok Post November 16, 2016 18:00 UTC