DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 30 (UPI) — Dozens of people were killed and hundreds were wounded early Friday when airstrikes leveled a crowded market and residential neighborhoods in northern and southern Syria.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said forces fired 12 missiles into the market in Douma, a rebel-held town about 10 miles northeast of the national capital. It was reported that President Bashar Assad’s regime carried out the strike.
“This market is at the heart of Douma and supplies everyone here,” a Syrian Civil Defense officer told Al Jazeera. “This is the second time this market has been targeted.”
Artillery fire, mortars and airstrikes continued for several hours afterward, opposition activists said.
Also Friday, others were killed and injured in northern Syria after military forces reportedly launched attacks in Aleppo neighborhoods.
Witnesses and officials said Russian forces are responsible for the attack on Aleppo, Syria’s largest city.
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