Watchdog: Syria targets civilians with crude bombs

An international rights organisation says the Syrian government is indiscriminately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure with crude bombs in rebel-held districts of the northern city of Aleppo.
Human Rights Watch says its activists have documented 85 locations in Aleppo's opposition-held districts that government aircraft shelled with barrel bombs makeshift, shrapnel-packed explosive devices rolled out of helicopters.
The New York-based group says in a report today that the attacks occurred between February 22 and April 2.
The UN Security Council is meeting on tomorrow to review whether Syria's warring sides are complying with a resolution demanding the cessation of the use of barrel bomb and other weapons in populated areas.

HRW activists identified the locations after interviewing witnesses and analysing satellite imagery and video and photographic evidence.