Activists say at least 23 killed in airstrikes across Syria
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Syrian government aircraft bombed rebel-held areas in the capital's suburbs and a northern town and surrounding villages controlled by the Islamic State group, including a strike on a local hospital, killing at least 23 people Wednesday, activists said.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the airstrikes on the town of Dayr Hafir and surrounding villages in the northern province of Aleppo killed at least 12 people, including women and children, and wounded at least 40. The group said the casualty figures are likely to rise.
Activist Abu al-Hassan Marea, who is based near the town, told The Associated Press the airstrikes in Dayr Hafir hit a local hospital, killing at least 21 people, mostly civilians and medics. The Aleppo Media Center activist group said the strike on the hospital killed 23, mostly civilians.
Marea said another airstrike on a nearby village, also held by Islamic State fighters, killed seven people.
