Regime bombardment kills 25 civilians in Aleppo - monitor

Syrian air strikes and shelling killed 25 civilians in eastern districts of Aleppo on Thursday, a monitor said, on the third day of a wide-ranging regime assault on rebel-held areas.

The bombardment hit at least six rebel-held neighbourhoods, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.

At least 65 civilians have been killed in east Aleppo since the start of a regime offensive on Tuesday, the Observatory said.

The renewed bombardment has shattered a month of relative calm in the devastated east of the divided northern city.