Around 90 people have been killed by crude “barrel bombs” dropped by Syrian government forces from helicopters, in the divided Syrian city of Aleppo, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Aleppo has been the focus of heavy fighting between Syrian opposition forces and Bashar al-Assad’s government forces, who have previously been accused of dropping barrels filled with explosives indiscriminately over civilians.
The latest raids come as talks in Geneva between the opposing sides came to a close on Friday, with tangible results yet to be negotiated and no political solution in sight.
The New York Times reported a video showing the victims of the strikes, with one man pointing to charred bodies, shouting,
“You want a political solution? Here is a political solution!”
The Syrian government has been launching an offensive on opposition held areas of the city, with Defence Minister Gen Fahd al-Freij praising the army on state television recently for their "great victories and their liberation of many areas in Aleppo".