More than 300 people were killed in Russian air raids that targeted Aleppo city during last week, Al Arabiya quoted the Local Coordination Committees in Syria as saying on Sunday.

The Syrian regime helicopters also shelled Bustan al Qasr district with a barrel full of toxic chlorine gas, sources at the Syrian opposition said.

Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that regime forces are in control of 60 percent of east Aleppo after capturing Tariq al Bab district and securing the road leading to new Aleppo international airport.

Source: MENA