As many as nine people, including three children, were killed Friday after Syrian government troops shelled a town in Rif Aleppo.
Rami Abdurrahman of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the Assad troops targeted the northern village of Tel Qrah, as a part of an intensified effort by the Syrian government to retake rebel-held areas around key cities and towns while the US-led coalition battles Daesh.
In the mean time, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that the Army has seized control over the strategic town of Mork in Rif Hama.