And it claimed Russian - backed Syrian forces were using napalm and chemical weapons without censure by the international community . Video : Girl is only survivor after airstrike kills family Warplanes have bombed conflict.attack.bombing a strategic camp on the northern edge of Aleppo , as Syrian government and rebel forces battle for control of the high ground . Jets have also continued to hit residential parts of the town , rebels and residents said . More than 250,000 civilians are trapped in the rebel - held areas in the east of Aleppo .

Fighting began between the militia and the Kurdish Asayish police force . The Syrian army supported the militia with heavy weapons and the YPG counter - attacked successfully and surrounded the city . The Syrian Air Force then bombed conflict.attack.bombing YPG targets , killing several Kurdish civilians while others fled the city . For over a year the Syrian Army had been co - operating in Aleppo and elsewhere against Isis and the Syrian armed opposition , but both sides now swiftly emphasised their deep - felt and undying hostility . Mr Dibo says the Kurds simply want a decentralised federal system giving them autonomy while the government is a “ traditional dictatorship ” that has carried out dozens of massacres .