Syria's White Helmets rescue six-year-old boy trapped under rubble

The Syrian Civil Defence, better known as the White Helmets, have released dramatic footage a six-year-old child being pulled out of rubble in east Aleppo amid renewed Syrian regime and Russian bombardment.

The main rescue group operating in rebel-held eastern Aleppo dug through the rubble for four hours on Thursday before pulling out the young Mohammad, whose mother was killed in the air raids.

"The six-year-old boy, whose name is Mohammad, was saved from under the rubble of his home in the al-Maadi district after four hours of nonstop work by rescue workers," White Helmets' spokesman Ibrahim Abu al-Laith told The New Arab.

"We are working to recover more people trapped under rubble and find missing people," Abu al-Laith added.

At least 87 civilians were killed in Aleppo and surrounding countryside in the past 24 hours amid renewed Syrian regime and Russian bombardment that began in the area on Monday.

Civilian structures targeted in East Aleppo on Wednesday included the Bayan Children’s hospital.

Three hospitals in Syria have been targeted by Syrian and Russian airstrikes since Monday.

Over the last few days missiles from Russia's Mediterranean fleet, and cluster, napalm and barrel bomb attacks have all been reportedly used in attacks on East Aleppo.

Despite international protestations on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that both air raids, and fighting on the ground were ongoing in several areas of East Aleppo with shelling reported in the neighbourhoods of Hanano, al-Sakhur, al-Haidariya, and Bab al-Neirab.

With East Aleppo besieged by regime forces, the UN has also reported that the last food rations in the area have been handed out contributing to an ever more desperate humanitarian situation with more than 250,000 people said to be trapped in the area.