Syrian troops bombarded a central neighbourhood of Aleppo on Sunday after a day of fierce clashes with rebels who tried to take the regime-controlled district, a watchdog said.
“The bombardment of Bustan al-Basha has stopped but could start up again any time,” a resident told AFP.
The shelling destroyed houses in the northern city’s Midan district, a regime bastion that rebels have been trying to seize from their stronghold in Bustan al-Basha since Saturday, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
A main water pipe in Bustan al-Basha was destroyed on Saturday, either by air strikes or the fighting, and residents reported water shortages in the northern city.