30 Killed in Syrian Village Market Raid

Syrian war planes according to reports have raided a village market in the Aleppo provincial village of Atareb, killing 30 people out of which the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say 3 are children.

The raid came amid an aerial offensive on Aleppo’s rebel areas that began in mid-December.

The campaign has killed hundreds of people, mostly civilians, and forced thousands of families to flee.

Aleppo-based activist Abu Omar said that a market area was hit and “that’s why there were so many civilians killed”.

“The regime is hitting back against the civilians who support the revolt” against Assad, news agency AFP reported.

This is coming as President Bashar al-Assad’s regime nears the completion of surrendering its chemical weapons stockpile.

The United Nations says the stockpile would be totally removed by Sunday and it would be destroyed by the end of June.

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