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Syrian media say 7 killed in Aleppo shelling

Syrian media say 7 killed in Aleppo shelling

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Russian Tu-22M3 bomber stands on the tarmac at an air base near Hamedan, Iran, on Monday, August, 2016. Photo: WarfareWW Photo via AP

BEIRUT: Syria's state-run news agency says seven civilians have been killed and nine wounded by rocket rounds fired by armed groups on a government-controlled district of the city of Aleppo. SANA says the rockets struck the Salaheddine residential district in the northern city on Wednesday. The city has been divided into a rebel-held eastern part and a government-controlled western part since 2012, and is now the focal point of the civil war. On Friday, nearly 20 civilians were reported killed in airstrikes in eastern districts.