Shells kill 9 civilians in Aleppo city, clashes continue around the city

Aleppo province: 9 civilians including 3 women were killed by rebel shells fell on areas of al-Medan, al-Khaldia, al-Neil street, and around al-Baladi palace while dozens others were wounded and seriously wounded including children.Shells fell on areas of Shekh Taha and al-Suleimania areas. A man from al-Mashehad neighborhood died in unknown circumstances. Clashes took place between the regime and rebels in al-Layramoun and al-Khaldia, reports of advances for the first party.  SOHR was informed that dozens of young men joined the self-defense duty in Afrin city after the announcement of the defense committee in Afrin which witnessed today the graduation of the first class of fighters (males and females ) in YPG ( Arabs, Kurds, and Turkmen ) after 2 months of training in camp in Afrin.