![SYRIA-CRISIS/ALEPPO People run after what activists said was the return of government jet planes in Aleppo's al-Marja district December 23, 2013. More than 300 people have been killed in a week of air raids on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and nearby towns by President Bashar al-Assad's forces, a monitoring group said on Monday. Many of the casualties, who included scores of women and children, were killed by so-called barrel bombs dropped from helicopters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. REUTERS/Saad AboB](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/12/RTX16SJO.jpg/RTX16SJO.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=oBnkyBX8)
![SYRIA-CRISIS/ALEPPO People run after what activists said was the return of government jet planes in Aleppo's al-Marja district December 23, 2013. More than 300 people have been killed in a week of air raids on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and nearby towns by President Bashar al-Assad's forces, a monitoring group said on Monday. Many of the casualties, who included scores of women and children, were killed by so-called barrel bombs dropped from helicopters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. REUTERS/Saad AboB](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/12/RTX16SJO.jpg/RTX16SJO.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=oBnkyBX8)
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![SYRIA-CRISIS/ALEPPO People run after what activists said was the return of government jet planes in Aleppo's al-Marja district December 23, 2013. More than 300 people have been killed in a week of air raids on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and nearby towns by President Bashar al-Assad's forces, a monitoring group said on Monday. Many of the casualties, who included scores of women and children, were killed by so-called barrel bombs dropped from helicopters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. REUTERS/Saad AboB](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/12/RTX16SJO.jpg/RTX16SJO.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=oBnkyBX8)
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