14 members of the same family have been killed in an air strike on the Syrian city of Aleppo.

According to rescue group, Civil Defense, casualties included several infants in the city's al-Marjeh district. The strike comes as part of the government's push to retake rebel-held areas.

Syrian and Russian forces said they only targeted militants, but the claims have been contradicted by statistics.

17 people were killed in Sunday's strikes on the al-Qarterji district while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights report that more than 400 have been killed in the Russian-backed campaign.

The all-out assault to retake Aleppo began on September 22nd.