Syria's Aleppo has been hit by a power cut for seven consecutive days, a monitoring group said on Friday, adding this comes after the (rebel) Islamic court ordered high-tension power lines be cut off as a way to exert pressure on the Syrian regime.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that regime-controlled areas of the city and countryside "have been deprived of electricity for seven days, as an attempt to prevent the air force from dropping barrel bombs on the city of Aleppo.”
The Observatory’s report came a day after some 50 civilians were killed in air raids there.
Hundreds of people, mainly civilians, have been killed in a massive aerial offensive against rebel-controlled areas of Aleppo that was launched in mid-December.
On Thursday alone, at least 48 people, including seven children, were killed across Aleppo province.
Elsewhere, fresh fighting broke out in the southern province of Daraa, a day after 31 rebel and jihadist fighters were killed during the takeover of a strategic hill, Tal al-Jabiyeh, near besieged Nawa town.
The Observatory had earlier reported that an unknown number of soldiers were killed or taken prisoners.
Syria's war has killed more than 150,000 people over three years of heavy fighting, and forced nearly half of the population to escape their homes and seek refuge in neighboring countries, including Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan.