AFP2026-06-102026-06-102016-12-02AFP. (2016). 500 dead in Syria regime's Aleppo assault. Daily Monitor.https://bdears.busitema.ac.ug/handle/123456789/5298Newspaper articleA Russian-backed regime onslaught in northern Syria was reported Wednesday to have killed more than 500 people this month, as Turkey faced new pressure to open its border to people fleeing the violence. World powers urged Russia to end its air strikes, which a senior US official said were "directly enabling" the Islamic State group, and the UN Security Council met to discuss the conflict.enArticle