Syrian civil defence volunteers remove the body of a man from the rubble of destroyed buildings following reported airstrikes on April 27, 2016 in the rebel-held eastern neighbourhood of Bab al-Nayrab in the city of Aleppo.
Air strikes and clashes in Syria's second city Aleppo killed at least 12 people, state media and emergency workers said, part of a surge in violence straining a two-month-old ceasefire. State news agency SANA said that seven people were killed and 35 wounded by rocket and gunfire in several neighbourhoods that it blamed on Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front and its allies. In rebel-held eastern Aleppo, five civilians were killed in two neighbourhoods, according to the civil defence, known as White Helmets. An AFP correspondent said that regime aircraft targeted one area with barrel bombs and another with missiles. / AFP / AMEER ALHALBI        (Photo credit should read AMEER ALHALBI/AFP/Getty Images)