Syrian opposition sources said 30 civilians were killed and many others wounded when a marketplace in Atareb town in Aleppo was hit by Russian cluster bombs.

Field sources had said a number of people were killed in a Syrian government shelling on opposition posts in Zamalka area in Reef Damascus (Damascus countryside).

Earlier, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Syrian army launched a new military offensive to retake the rest of the border Syrian city of Boukamal in Deir Ezzor governorate from the hands of Daesh militant group.

The army managed to advance towards the western part of the city, the last remaining key stronghold of Daesh group.