The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

19 casualties at least in the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo due to heavy shelling and regime forces advance to entrances of Masaken Hanano

Aleppo Province, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:
It rose to 19 at least -including 5 children and 4 citizen women- the number of people who were killed in the sixth day of the escalation of the bombing on the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo city, including a woman and her child whose bodies were recovered from under the rubble of the destroyed buildings due to bombing on the neighborhoods of the city yesterday, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, while fierce clashes are taking place between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic factions in the northern part of the eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo city, where clashes are concentrated in the outskirts of Masaken Hanano neighborhood and its entrance, which is one of the first areas controlled by Factions of the opposition four years ago, where the regime forces managed to advance and get to the entrances of the neighborhood, in continuous attempts by the regime forces to control more areas east of the city, the violent clashes are accompanied by intense shelling and bombardment by the regime forces, warplanes and helicopters on the clash areas, where at least 14 fighters (one of them is a field commander) were killed in the clashes, aerial and artillery bombardment, and confirmed information about casualties and injuries in the ranks of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.