Syrian warplanes bombed a residential district of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least 17 people, wounding 40 and exacerbating a water shortage in Syria's biggest city, where a major water pipeline has burst, activists said.
President Bashar al-Assad has resorted to devastating aerial bombardment to keep rebels at bay after they took control of residential neighbourhoods and made forays into the centre of Aleppo, Syria's commercial and industrial capital.
The almost 18-month-old uprising has polarised global powers, preventing effective international intervention. It is becoming increasingly sectarian and runs the risk of spilling over into adjacent Arab states with similar communal divisions.
Insurgent advances have forced Assad to deploy warplanes, major armoured forces and thousands of troops to prevent the fall of Aleppo, which would free up supply lines to the interior of Syria from Turkey, where rebels have sheltered.
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