Syrian government aircraft pounded opposition areas near the southern border with Jordan and in the northern city of Aleppo on Monday, a day after a series of airstrikes on the contested city killed at least 76 people, activists said.
On Monday, Syrian government warplanes bombed the southern province of Daraa, hitting the villages of Inkhil and Jassem, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights. There was no immediate word on casualties.
The Observatory, which monitors the conflict through a network of activists inside Syria, also reported air raids Monday on Aleppo, a day after government helicopters dropped barrels packed with explosives on opposition neighborhoods in the city.
The Observatory raised its death toll from Sunday's carnage, saying at least 76 people were killed, including 28 children. Another activist group, the Local Coordination Committees, put the death toll at 83. It said that number is likely to rise because of the large number of wounded and the lack of sufficient medical supplies.