By Ellen Francis and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) – Warplanes bombed Aleppo on Friday with what residents described as unprecedented ferocity after the Russian-backed Syrian army declared an offensive to fully capture Syria's biggest city, killing off any hope of reviving a ceasefire. The apparent collapse of U.S.-backed peacemaking may mark a turning point in the five-year civil war, with the government and its Russian and Iranian allies now seemingly determined to crush the rebellion in its biggest urban stronghold. "The planes are not leaving the sky, helicopters, barrel bombs, warplanes." The Civil Defense rescue group that operates in opposition areas said at least 70 people had been killed and 40 buildings destroyed.

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