ZitatA wave of nighttime airstrikes by Syrian warplanes rocked the embattled city of Aleppo, with one strike hitting a hospital and killing at least 27 people, including children and one of Syria's last pediatricians, activists said Thursday -- claiming that Russian jets may have participated in the attacks.
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Some of the overnight strikes hit the well-known al-Quds field hospital in the Sukkari district in Aleppo, according to Doctors Without Borders, opposition activists and rescue workers. They said 14 doctors and patients were among the dead.
A separate blitz in Aleppo reportedly killed 20, raising the 24-hour death toll in the key city to at least 61. Senior opposition official Anas al-Abdeh, the head of the Syrian National Council, claimed Syria's ally Russia may have taken part in the strikes as well.
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