Syria: Air strike kills 15 in Aleppo
At 15 people were killed while many others injured in an air strike in Syria on Thursday.
BEIRUT - An air strike Thursday on three buildings in Syria s war-torn commercial capital Aleppo killed at least 15 civilians, including five children and two women, a monitoring group said.
The raid on the district of Ansari in the southwest of the city also left 20 people wounded, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which released videos showing the casualties and extensive damage caused in the area.
In one video posted on YouTube by activists, a group of men can be seen digging furiously by hand, only to lift the lifeless body of a child from below the dusty rubble, his head limp on his chest.
The area was hit with barrel bombs dropped from the air, activists said.
The facades of the towering surrounding buildings, located in a rebel-held area of Ansari, are completely blown out.
Another video shows the youngest victims -- four children shrouded in blankets and laid together on the floor of a dim room, one of them a baby.
One activist rushes to the scene by bicycle, filming on his way. He arrives to the dust-filled haze of the district, which he identifies as Zibdiyeh neighbourhood to the east of Ansari, to find a young boy lying covered in dust.
A man is seen racing over to the crying boy and lifting him up to find the back of his skull covered in blood. He carries him away, while the cameraman films other civilians digging through piles of concrete in pandemonium.
Amid the scattered bodies, the young men frantically try to prioritise their rescue. One man pushes the group on, identifying a mangled and dusty body as a "martyr" to indicate that he is already dead.
"He s alive!" another cries, and the boys gather around to lift him up.
Dozens of civilians can be seen clearing the rubble to carry away the bodies, scattered amid household items and children s toys. Another boy is carried away past the camera, his skull nearly ripped off and his face torn to shreds.
