Amnesty: Syrian civilians suffer most in Aleppo
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Syrian girl, Sana Mustafa, 5, who fled her home in Anadan with her family due to fighting between the rebels and the Syrian army, talks with her brother Riyyad, in a school where she and her family took refuge, in Kafar Hamra, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Syrian girl, Sana Mustafa, 5, who fled her home in Anadan with her family due to fighting between the rebels and the Syrian army, talks with her brother Riyyad, in a school where she and her family took refuge, in Kafar Hamra, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
A Syrian man smokes a cigarette sitting next to the rubble of a damaged mosque in the city of Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
A Syrian boy, who fled his home with his family in Anadan due to fighting between the rebels and the Syrian army, steps on a poster showing Syrian president Bashar Assad in a school where he and his family took refuge, in Kafar Hamra, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
A Syrian man, who fled his home in Anadan due to fighting between the rebels and the Syrian army, steps on a poster showing Syrian President Bashar Assad, in a school where he and his family took refuge, in Kafar Hamra, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
A Syrian boy carries carrying a bag of bread on his head while walking back to his home, in the city of Azaz, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
BEIRUT (AP) ? Human rights group Amnesty International says artillery and mortar fire and airstrikes by government forces in the northern city of Aleppo are killing mostly civilians, including children.
A new Amnesty report released Thursday said air and artillery strikes against residential neighborhoods are indiscriminate attacks that seriously endanger civilians.
Government troops and opposition forces have been fighting in Aleppo for a month after rebels took over several neighborhoods.
Amnesty says that among the dead are 10 members of one family, seven of them children. Their home was totally destroyed in two airstrikes on Aug. 6. It said bodies of mostly young men, most of the time handcuffed and shot in the head, have been frequently found near the powerful Air Force Intelligence, which is a government-controlled area.
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