Syria: Casualties brought to Aleppo hospital following assault by rebels and Islamists *GRAPHIC*

RT footage showed a hospital receiving dozens of civilian casualties following a shelling of government-held western Aleppo, Friday, as the opposition announced a major assault to break the blockade of the city’s eastern part.
Rebels started shelling the western part of Aleppo on Friday morning, posting videos of their attacks on social media. Islamist militant groups used car bombs with suicide drivers to breach the first lines of the Syrian government’s defences. At least seven people were killed and 60 others wounded.
Aleppo is facing some of the fiercest fighting it has seen since the beginning of the conflict, following the collapse of the ceasefire and the Russia-US peace deal. Medical groups and human rights activists have highlighted the plight of the residents as the war continues with renewed intensity in the city.