39 killed in Syria air strike

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

Seventeen people were killed and 25 others were injured when Russian warplanes targeted a school in the Syrian province of Aleppo on Monday. However, despite the attack on the terrorist group, the United States claims that only a few of the Russian strikes are actually targeting Islamic State and Moscow is only contributing to the worsening refugee crisis. Hijab said Russian Federation was flaunting UN Security Council resolutions by bombing civilians and urged the world body to ensure Russian Federation respected its humanitarian obligations.

The death toll from Monday’s strike in Ain Jara, 15km north of Aleppo city, was expected to go up as some of the survivors died of their injuries, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Photos posted on social media by Syrian activists showed children with serious injuries to their heads and bodies.

Rescue workers and rights groups say the bombings have killed scores of civilians at busy market places and in residential areas away from the frontlines.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said it was an “absolute necessity for Syria and Russian Federation to stop their military operations against civilian populations”.

Russian Federation says its airstrikes, which began on September 2015, are aimed at Islamic State, although numerous strikes have been in areas held by other rebel groups, including some that have received backing from Assad’s foreign opponents. Madaya residents on the outskirts of the town said they wanted to leave.

“Most of the wounded are children, beside some six teachers and a school supervisor”, the source said.