"In all, as of yesterday evening, we have received reports of pro-Government forces killing at least 82 civilians (including 11 women and 13 children) in four different neighbourhoods [of Aleppo] — Bustan al-Qasr, al-Ferdous, al-Kallaseh, and al-Saleheen," the UN statement said.
The agency added that the reports of these casualties could be wrong or exaggerated, but called for the situation in Aleppo to be monitored by some neutral body to avoid such suspicions.
Syria has been in a state of civil war since 2011, with government forces fighting Syrian opposition groups striving to overthrow the president. Damascus is also fighting numerous extremist and terrorist groups such as the Jabhat Fatah al Sham and the Daesh, both outlawed in Russia. According to the United Nations, at least 300,000 Syrians have died since the beginning of the conflict.
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