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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKCN11S1C5
Aleppo Hit by Worst Airstrikes in Months as Putin, Assad Ignore U.S. Plea
(Reuters) Tom Perry and Lesley Wroughton - Syrian and/or Russian warplanes mounted the heaviest air strikes in months on Thursday against rebel-held districts of Aleppo, Syria's commercial hub and largest city, ignoring a plea by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to halt flights so aid could be delivered and the ceasefire salvaged. On Wednesday at the UN, Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that stopping the bombardment was the last chance to find a way "out of the carnage."