ALEPPO, Syria, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Rebel shelling of regime-held positions in Aleppo, Syria, killed at least 17 civilians on Sunday, according to reports.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based group monitoring the conflict, said the dead include nine children and three woman, and that the shelling has been concentrated against the al-Sayyed Ali, al-Aziziyyah and al-Hamidiyyah districts of the city.