Attack on Kurdish town kills 18

A pregnant woman and three children were among 18 civilians killed when Syrian fighters shelled a Kurdish neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo, according to a monitoring group. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said 70 people, including 30 children, were also wounded in Tuesday’s attack, adding that the shelling was a violation […]

A pregnant woman and three children were among 18 civilians killed when Syrian fighters shelled a Kurdish neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo, according to a monitoring group.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said 70 people, including 30 children, were also wounded in Tuesday’s attack, adding that the shelling was a violation of a ceasefire agreement.
The shelling targeted Sheikh Maqsud area, where up to 50,000 residents are caught in the crossfire of government-held districts and those controlled by oppposition fighters.
In a separate incident, fighters belonging to the ISIS launched attacks on government-held areas near Damascus in an apparent response to the group’s loss of ground elsewhere in Syria.