Russia ‘deploys more jets’ as bombs rain down on Aleppo

Russia is reportedly sending more fighter jets to Syria to ramp up its one-year air campaign in the country, as fierce fighting around the city of Aleppo intensified and diplomatic efforts to end the conflict stalled.
One week into a new Russian-backed Syrian government push to capture rebel-held areas in eastern Aleppo, residents said that the city was subjected daily to ferocious bombardment.
At least 30 civilians were killed by Syrian government or Russian air strikes overnight in Aleppo, activists told Al Jazeera yesterday. A further 18 were killed in air strikes on various towns in Damascus’ eastern countryside, activists said.
Al Jazeera’s team in Aleppo was on the scene when an air strike hit a residential area in the eastern part of the besieged city on Friday.