A Syrian state TV correspondent said there had been heavy fighting since the morning, and that the army had seen off attacking rebels, killing many.
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The military had declared a nationwide cease-fire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday June 6, expiring June 8 at midnight, but it had little impact on the ground, as pro-government forces choked off the last supply route to opposition areas in the contested city of Aleppo on Thursday.
Aleppo, Syria’s largest city before the war when it had more than 2 million people, has been divided for years into rebel and government sectors.
The UK-based Observatory had no immediate word on who carried out the strikes but said it was likely to have been either the Syrian government or its ally Russian Federation, rather than the US-led coalition.
“Opposition factions launched a wide-scale attack on four fronts against the regime inside Aleppo city, including in the Old City”, said Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman.
People inspect the damage at a site after it was hit by shelling carried out by rebels at Syrian gov …
Syria s government has been accused of using sieges to pressure rebel forces, and the United Nations says almost 600,000 Syrians live in besieged areas, most surrounded by government forces although rebels also use the tactic.
There’s been a surge in bombings on rebel held areas by the Syrian military since the end of a 72-hour ceasefire last week.
The Britain-based monitoring group said 14 children were among the dead, while Syrian state media gave a toll of 44 dead and 300 injured.
Later, a government air strike on one of the city’s rebel-held districts killed 10 people, activists said. The Damascus government controls the war-torn country’s major population centres in the west, with the exceptions of Idlib and rebel-held areas of Aleppo.
Late Saturday, Syria’s Al-Qaeda affiliate – Al-Nusra Front – and rebel allies launched an offensive to push back regime forces there, the Observatory said. Moscow has sent air forces to Syria for months to support Assad’s regime and quell rebels seeking to remove him from power.
President Bashar al-Assad’s allies, which include Russian Federation, say they are battling the Nusra Front in Aleppo.
The fighting has meanwhile intensified in Aleppo, with rebels shelling government districts and warplanes striking rebel-held areas.
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The regime also shelled the road later in the day, it said.
