SANA says the rockets struck the Salaheddine residential district in the northern city on Wednesday. On Friday, nearly 20 civilians were reported killed in airstrikes in eastern districts. The comments by Ali Larijani, reported on Wednesday by the state-run IRNA news agency, seem geared at easing domestic concerns over the strikes. Russia's Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday that it launched the strikes from near the Iranian city of Hamedan and struck targets in three provinces in northern and eastern Syria. The announcement from Russia marks the first significant stationing of its troops there since World War II.

Source: Fox News August 17, 2016 08:15 UTC