Syria: Air raids on rebel-held areas in Aleppo In the northern city of Aleppo, four people, among them a media activist, were killed on Wednesday and dozens more wounded in air raids on rebel-held areas, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Aleppo has been under a massive aerial offensive since December. According to the Observatory, by May some 2,000 civilians including 500 children had been killed in the daily air strikes. IMAGES