Huge regime bombs kill 28 in IS-held Syria town: monitor

Beirut: Syria's regime killed at least 28 people, mostly civilians, on Saturday when its warplanes dropped massive makeshift bombs on a town held by the Islamic State group, a monitor said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the "container bombs" used in the attacks on Al-Bab, in the northern province of Aleppo, were three times bigger than crudely constructed barrel bombs that have already drawn widespread international condemnation.