Intense bombardment by the Assad regime and its ally Russia killed over 80 civilians including three children in the battleground city of Aleppo on Friday, a monitor said.
"At least 27 civilians, including three children, were killed and dozens more wounded by raids by Russian aircraft and regime helicopters on several opposition districts of Aleppo," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.Ibrahim al-Hajj, a volunteer with the group, said residents of the opposition-held side, which is under siege, could not flee and people were largely cowering inside their homes."Nothing about what the regime said about corridors is real, nothing. How can we move on the streets if we don't feel safe. If it was real I would leave now," says Mustafa, a 48-year-old man who lives with his two elderly parents, his wife and daughter."They want only a humanitarian corridor to get out of Aleppo, they do not want anything else. They want a road to leave Aleppo," says al-Hajj. "People are waiting on God's mercy. No one is leaving his house."