Rebel shelling has claimed the lives of at least six
civilians and injured many others on the Aleppo University campus,
which houses families displaced by the Syrian conflict. RT crew
visited a hospital where the wounded are being
treated.
Axar.az reports referring to RT news.
The attack on the Aleppo University area was conducted on
Wednesday, when a number of mortar shells and other self-propelled
rounds fired by militants landed near the campus, which houses both
students and refugees.
According to Aleppo Police Command, cited by SANA news agency,
all of the victims were either students or members of displaced
families and locals.
Many of the wounded are children with grave facial injuries.
RT’s Murad Gazdiev visited the hospital where the wounded are
receiving treatment.
Earlier on Wednesday, three women and one man were injured by
reactive munitions shelling from rebel forces in the neighborhoods
of al-Hamadaniyeh and New Aleppo. The attacks, apart from
inflicting heavy civilian casualties, have reportedly inflicted
significant damage to buildings and other properties.
Jihadist militant groups have been shelling residential areas of
Western Aleppo almost on a daily basis since the Syrian Army with
the support of Russia and other allies surrounded Al-Nusra Front
terrorists and allied militants in Eastern Aleppo, which has become
a jihadist stronghold. The West has accused Moscow and Damascus of
causing civilian casualties in the area, while largely ignoring the
atrocities committed by jihadists. The Russian and Syrian air
forces have suspended their activities in Aleppo since October 20,
keeping a distance of at least 10km from the city.
The surrounded jihadists, in the meantime, are preventing
civilians from exiting the war zone through humanitarian corridors
provided by the Russian and Syrian military. Jihadist groups
launched a massive offensive in the beginning of November from
outside of the city in an attempt to break the blockade on the
trapped terrorists, but have so far failed.