Syrian Aircraft Bomb Aleppo

(Washington Post) Babak Dehghanpisheh - Syrian warplanes bombed Aleppo, the nation's largest city, on Tuesday, part of a coordinated assault by government forces that included heavy artillery shelling and rockets launched from military helicopters. BBC reporter Ian Pannell, who was on the outskirts of Aleppo at the time, reported seeing what appeared to be Russian-made MiG fighter jets streaking across the sky. "We watched as they dropped in, bombing and strafing rebel positions."


2012-07-25 00:00:00

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