By Halit Suleyman and Selen Temizer

ALEPPO, Syria

Ten people were killed and another 25 were injured Friday when Russian warplanes targeted Aleppo city, a Syrian Civil Defense official said.

Ibrahim Abu Leith told Anadolu Agency that Russian jets targeted the districts of Bustan al-Qasr, Bab al-Hadid, Ansari and Mashhad.

The injured were taken to field hospitals for treatment.

Russia launched its military intervention in Syria in late September last year supposedly after a formal request by the Assad regime for military help before it decided on March 14 to reduce its forces in the war-torn country.

Since March 2011, the Syrian opposition has been calling for ending the four-decade rule of the Assad dynasty in Syria. The Bashar al-Assad regime, however, cracked down on pro-democracy protests with unexpected ferocity, pushing the Arab country into a vicious civil war.

According to a tally compiled by Anadolu Agency, more than 361,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict erupted in 2011.