LARGE BLAST HITS ALEPPO NEIGHBORHOOD
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A large blast hit a neighborhood of the Syrian city of Aleppo on
Friday and caused several casualties, Reuters reported, citing state
television.
It was unclear who was behind the attack.
Syria TV said the explosion had been caused by a rocket fired by a
“terrorist group” – a term it frequently uses to describe rebels in
the 22-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
But opposition groups said Assad’s forces were behind the blast,
which hit the Muhafaza Sakaniya neighborhood in a western district
of the city.
Video from state television showed the side of a building collapsed
into rubble that spilled into nearby streets. A crowd sifted through
the wreckage as medics pulled bloodied bodies onto stretchers.
Activists said the district, a government-held area of a city that has
descended into a long and bloody stalemate between army and rebels,
had been hit by a military air strike.
“The rebels do not have this capability yet,” said Hameed Barrasho,
an activist in Aleppo speaking by Skype. “We have several reports
of a jet in the area before the strike. This is the regime trying to
sow more chaos in the city.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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