Children killed in rebel rocket fire in Syria's Aleppo

Four children were killed in renewed rebel rocket fire on government-held areas of Syria's second city Aleppo, a monitoring group said on Wednesday.

Tuesday's fire came despite UN condemnation of a massive barrage the previous day that killed at least 36 civilians, 14 of them children.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said seven civilians were killed and many others were wounded, but were not able to provide an immediate figure.

Control of Aleppo is divided between rebels in the east, and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in the west.

Both sides frequently bombard each other but Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP that Monday's deaths marked "one of the highest tolls in opposition attacks in Aleppo city".

Damascus called on the UN Security Council to condemn the rocket fire and address the problem of "terrorist groups."

In the south, government aircraft pounded the rebel-held town of Eastern Ghariyah in Daraa province late on Tuesday, killing 18 people, 14 of them children.

"The children were killed while at a centre for the study of the Quran," the Observatory said.

It said the death toll was likely to rise, as many of the wounded were in a critical condition.