A government airstrike hit a school on Wednesday in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing at least nine people, including three children, activists reported.
The airstrike hit the Ein Jalout school in an eastern neighbourhood of Aleppo, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the local Aleppo Media Centre.
The school appeared to have been hosting an exhibition of children’s paintings when the airstrike hit, according to a man speaking in a video from the school that was posted online. Another video showed colourful scrawled paintings.
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Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have been trying to take eastern rebel-held parts of Aleppo from rebels in recent weeks, using a mix of airstrikes and dropping crude barrel bombs on opposition areas.