Syria's regime and rebels were locked in fierce clashes yesterday on the western edges of Aleppo, where 38 civilians have been killed in two days of opposition rocket fire, a monitor said.
Among those killed over the two-day period were 14 children, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Another 250 civilians have been wounded in heavy bombardment by anti-government factions since Friday morning, according to the Britain-based group.
The barrage is part of a major assault by rebels and allied jihadists to break a three-month government siege of Aleppo's eastern half, where __more than 250,000 people still live.