Rebel shelling in Aleppo kills 7
DAMASCUS- At least seven people were killed, including three children, and several others wounded, as the death toll climbed in insurgent shelling of government-controlled western districts of Aleppo, state TV reported Sunday.
The opposition monitoring group the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of activists inside Syria, said at least 38 civilians, including 14 children, were killed since insurgents launched their offensive on government-held western Aleppo Friday. The state TV report said the civilians were killed in four districts.
Sunday's shelling came on the third day of the insurgent offensive that aims to breach a government siege on Aleppo's rebel-held eastern districts. A tight siege has been in place since July.
State media claimed that insurgent groups on Sunday used toxic gas to shell al-Hamadaniyeh, a neighborhood on the front lines of the battle.
