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February 14, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-airstrikes-shelling-kill-51-aleppo-103739644.html

Syrian Airstrikes, Shelling Kill 51 in Aleppo as Peace Talks Falter

(AP) Barbara Surk - At least 51 people, including 13 rebels, died in a single day of Syrian government airstrikes and shelling of opposition-controlled districts of Aleppo, activists said Thursday, as international mediators were trying to salvage faltering peace negotiations in Geneva. A second round of talks started on Monday, but the discussions quickly became mired in acrimony, failing to even agree on the talks' agenda. From the outset, the talks have been accompanied by a sharp rise in violence on the ground. The Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights said at least 4,959 people died in Syria in the three weeks since Jan. 22 when the first round of talks began.

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