Syrian government batters Aleppo, seizes territory nearby

Government forces and allied militias supporting Syria's Bashar al-Assad regime killed dozens of people in Aleppo and claimed territory nearby on Friday and Saturday. More than 100 bombs were reportedly dropped in a wave of regime airstrikes over rebel-held Aleppo Friday, an attack some residents of the decimated city described as the worst of the war so far. "It is a horrific situation now in Aleppo," said Ammar al-Selmo, chief of Aleppo's White Helmets civil defense group. "There are dead peop...