<blockquote>“Hardly a day goes by when our senses are not bludgeoned by some new outbreak of terrorism in the Middle East.  Despite our best efforts at making and keeping the peace, political, economic, and religious tensions often lead to unrest, violence, and riots.”
<p style="text-align: right;">-Jim Bakker in “Prosperity and the Coming Apocalypse”</p>
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Three children from one family are among the eight dead in air strikes in the city of Aleppo, Syria. Activists are reporting that the government is engaging in a bombardment campaign against civilian areas of the city.

The UN has listed the death toll as more than 20,000 in Syria since March 2011. Activists have put the death toll at near 30,000 adding that 40 people died on Monday from government assaults.

Syrian rebels are reportedly undertaking a rescue effort in a building attacked in Aleppo where they believe more people are buried.

The UN is preparing to hear a report form their envoy to Syria. Lakhdar Brahimi is speaking to the UN Security Council about his talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. However, Brahimi reportedly met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday and stated that Syria is “a steadily increasing threat to regional peace and stability.”

The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights has reported that a five-year-old girl is among the dead in a government bombardment in the city of Deraa.