Deadly Blasts Rip Through Aleppo Square

At least 27 people have been killed and dozens wounded by three bomb explosions in the center of Syria’s second city, Aleppo, officials have said.

The blasts happened in the city’s Saadallah al-Jabari Square, near a military officers’ club and a hotel.

Pro-government al-Ikhbariya TV broadcast pictures of bodies being pulled out of buildings damaged by the blasts and large crater in a road.

Government forces have been fighting rebels for weeks for control of Aleppo.

Rebel fighters launched a new offensive last week to try to seize more districts and fires over the weekend gutted the historic central souk.

 BBC