Al-Nusra Front Terrorists Kill 14 People in Aleppo in 24 Hours - Source

Terrorist artillery and mortar shelling of civilian neighborhoods of the Syrian city of Aleppo led to the deaths of 12 people in the past 24 hours, with two more people killed in a terrorist sniper attack, a source in the Syrian military told RIA Novosti on Thursday.

BEIRUT (Sputnik) – Around 40 civilians have been hospitalized with injuries over the past day, the source said.

"Al-Nusra Front terrorists and its allies again violated the cessation of hostilities. The Meridien district was hit by a rocket attack, a man and his wife were killed when a building collapsed on them… A number of mortar attacks in other districts killed 10 people," the source said.

Two more people were killed by a terrorist sniper in an attack on another Aleppo neighborhood of Masharif, according to the source.

The Syrian army opened retaliatory fire, destroying homemade rockets and mortar detachments. A militia source told RIA Novosti that government aircraft destroyed terrorist missile launchers across Bustan Qaser, Shair and Raija districts.

Al-Nusra Front allies itself with al-Qaeda and, alongside Daesh terrorist group, is not part of the cessation of hostilities between Damascus and Syrian rebel forces in effect since February 27.