DHAKA: At least 42 people have been killed in violence across Syria, including 20 rebel fighters battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group in a suburb of the northern city of Aleppo.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Sunday said that at least 11 people were killed and 14 others injured in rocket attacks by opposition fighters in a government-controlled neighborhood in Aleppo, reports the Aljazeera.

Also in Aleppo, government air strikes on rebel-held areas left two civilians dead and several others injured, the observatory reported.

At least eight have been killed and several others have been injured after government helicopters dropped a barrel bomb on a residential building in the old city of Aleppo.

Meanwhile, at least 20 rebels were killed in clashes against ISIL in Um al-Qura village located in northern Aleppo suburbs, activists told the observatory.

The rebel fighters were killed as they attempted to prevent ISIL's advance in the area. Intense fighting broke out between rebels and ISIL on May 31 when ISIL took over the nearby town of Sawran.

Activists also accused the government of dropping 16 barrel bombs in the south of Idlib and six barrel bombs on the central city of Hama.

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