Six children were killed and six elders were wounded Saturday when rebels fired a rocket at a district in the northern city of Aleppo, the state-run SANA news agency reported.
The slain children lost their lives when the rebels fired a rocket at the Ashrafieh district of Aleppo, Xinhua reported citing SANA news agency.
The attack came as the Syrian troops were progressing in the southern countryside of Aleppo, in a bid to dislodge the rebels from the key northern province of Aleppo.
A day earlier, the Syrian troops took control of a key military base in Aleppo after the rebels took it since last February.