Air raids kill at least 12 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo: monitor

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BEIRUT: Air strikes killed at least 12 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo on Monday, a monitor said, bringing to 45 the death toll from 24 hours of raids on the battleground city.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five children were among the dead in the rebel-held Marjeh district of east Aleppo.

Dozens more people were wounded or still trapped under the rubble.