ALEPPO (SYRIA) - Syria's regime intensified air strikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo province Monday as the UN backed a call by its top aid official for a humanitarian truce in the city. The Observatory said at least three civilians were killed by rebel fire on western Aleppo on Monday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 10 civilians were killed in air strikes on the rebel-held town of Atareb in Aleppo province on Monday. "The international community simply cannot let eastern Aleppo city become yet another -- and by far the largest -- besieged area," O'Brien said. In Aleppo city, at least 12 civilians were killed in barrel bomb attacks by government forces on rebel-held neighbourhoods, the Observatory said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 25, 2016 19:30 UTC