83 dead in aerial bombardments on Aleppo, Syria, opposition group says (CNN)

(CNN) -- At least 83 people died in aerial bombardments conducted
by government forces in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, said the Local
Coordination Committees, an opposition group.
At least 27 children and eight women were among the dead, the
group said; it reported that 50 more people had sustained injuries in
the bombardments.

Helicopters dropped barrel bombs on 12 neighborhoods in the city,
where people have strongly backed rebels opposing the government
of President Bashar al-Assad.
The opposition organization says it is not the first time the Syrian
regime has dropped barrels filled with explosives on Aleppo
neighborhoods.

The LCC said 135 people died in total in the conflict on Sunday.
The United Nations estimates that more than 100,000
people have died since the Syrian conflict began in March
2011. Hundreds of thousands of civilians have also been
injured.
It began when government forces cracked down on
peaceful protesters during the Arab Spring movement, and
slowly spiraled into a bloody, full-blown civil war.
More than 2.3 million people have fled Syria, and another 4.25 million
Syrians have become refugees within their country since the civil war
began, according to an Amnesty International report released on
Friday.