The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Monday said eight children were killed and 20 others injured in a Russian air raid that hit a school in Angara town in Aleppo countryside in northern Syria, Sky News reported.

The all-news network said the Russian raid targeted a school in Angara town which has been controlled by armed groups in Aleppo countryside. The raid left eight children and a female teacher killed.

Meanwhile, the Syrian State News Agency (SANA) quoted a source in Aleppo police command as saying that terrorists are firing rocket shells at Beni Zayed neighbourhood in Al-Ashrafiya residential district, killing three children and injuring two persons and material damage was reported.

Source: MENA