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Al-Nusra Front Shells of Syria's Aleppo: At Least Four Killed, 17 Injured

© AFP 2023 / KARAM AL-MASRIA Syrian man walks past destroyed buildings on May 2, 2016, in Aleppo's Bab al-Hadid neighbourhood which was targeted recently by regime air strikes
A Syrian man walks past destroyed buildings on May 2, 2016, in Aleppo's Bab al-Hadid neighbourhood which was targeted recently by regime air strikes - Sputnik International
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At least 4 people have been killed and 17 were wounded in a Saturday shelling of Syria's northern city of Aleppo by the al-Nusra Front militant group, a Kurdish source told Sputnik.

DAMASCUS (Sputnik) — According to the source, the jihadists shelled Aleppo's northwestern neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsood, killing four civilians, including two children.

Turkish soldiers stand guar near the Turkey-Syrian border (File) - Sputnik International
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Militants from the al-Nusra Front jihadist group have attacked residential areas and Nayrab airport in Syrian northern city of Aleppo, Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.

"Groups of al-Nusra Front international terrorist organization continue their provocative actions aimed at violation of the ceasefire. In past 24 hours [the group] attacked the settlement of Handrat, Aleppo's neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsood and Halidia, as well as Nayrab airport, with mortars and multiple rocket launcher systems," the ministry said in a daily bulletin posted on its website.

Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with government forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad fighting numerous opposition factions and extremist groups.

A US-Russia-brokered ceasefire came into force across Syria on February 27. The ceasefire does not apply to terrorist organizations, such as the Daesh and the al-Nusra Front, both of which are outlawed in many countries, including Russia.

© Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresenskiy / Go to the mediabankMilitants shell a district in Aleppo. File photo
Militants shell a district in Aleppo. File photo - Sputnik International
Militants shell a district in Aleppo. File photo

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