• published: 2013-02-04
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Syrians Search for Survivors in Ansari Rubble as Assad Missiles Slaughter Civilians 3-Feb-13 Aleppo-Ansari 03-02-2013 collapsed several buildings because of the rocket that fell.mp4 BEIRUT—Syrian opposition activists and rebels said dozens of civilians were killed and wounded on Sunday in a missile attack by regime forces against a rebel-controlled neighborhood in the war-ravaged city of Aleppo. Video footage posted by activists on the Internet and purported to be of the attack's aftermath showed several residential buildings in a neighborhood identified as Ansari reduced to heaps of rubble and engulfed in smoke. Rescuers, many of them appearing to be rebel fighters by their dress and weapons, could be seen on the video frantically pulling out the dead and wounded, including children. The opposition claims and the video's authenticity could not be independently verified. Syrian state media made no mention of a missile attack on Ansari. The purported strike on Ansari came one day after rebels claimed control of a hotly contested neighborhood called Sheikh Saeed on the city's southern side, next to a strategic highway and close to a military airport. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the conflict in Syria, said rebels executed the local mayor of Sheikh Saeed on Saturday because of his loyalty to the regime. The Observatory said that it was investigating reports that rebels also killed the mayor's wife and two daughters. Syrian state media denied ...