ISTANBUL
At least 114 people, including 21 children and nine women, were killed in attacks staged by the Syrian regime across the country on Sunday, activists said.
Syrian regime forces killed 70 people in Aleppo, 20 in Daraa, seven in Idlib, five in Homs, four in the suburbs of capital Damascus and Deir az Zor each, two in Hama, one in Rakka and Latakia in air and land offensives across the country, said the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), a London-based group which tracks civilian and dissident casualties.
The Syria Local Coordination Committee (LCC) stated that Islamic Front, a group against Assad regime, surrounded Aleppo Central Prison and clashed with Syrian army.
Syrian Air Forces helicopters attacked with barrel bombs to Aleppo every day between the hours of 09:00 - 14:00,and the city ruined because of the ongoing barrel bombs attack by the military helicopters for eight days, LCC said.
Syrian regime officials provided no comments about barrel bomb attacks while Syrian official news agency (SANA) announced that regime forces carried out operations in Aleppo, Homs, Idlib and rural areas of capital Damascus clearing away armed groups and destroyed their vehicles.
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