Death toll soars in Syrian regime minibus stop attack

ALEPPO, Syria

 The death toll in Assad regime barrel bomb attacks that targeted the northern province of Aleppo on Tuesday reached 47, health officials said. 

The Syrian Revolution General Commission said a regime helicopter dropped three barrel bombs on a minibus stop in the Jisr al-Haj area.

The commission is a coalition that represents opposition groups fighting the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria.

Syria's civil war, now in its fifth year, has left more than 220,000 people dead and forced almost four million people to flee the country.