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Air strikes hit rebel-held parts of Aleppo hours into truce

Published: 16 Jun 2016 - 05:03 pm | Last Updated: 12 Nov 2021 - 06:36 am
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Vendors wait for customers near their stalls erected in front of damaged buildings during the holy month of Ramadan in the rebel held area of Aleppo's al-Shaar district, Syria, June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

BEIRUT: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air strikes hit rebel-held parts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo just hours into a 48-hour ceasefire. 

Aleppo has been split for years into rebel and government sectors. Russia announced the truce there on Thursday.

The Britain-based Observatory said aerial strikes hit a number of neighbourhoods in the opposition-held sector and that there were reports of injuries.

Reuters