Both sides in the Syrian war have been accused of killing civilians on Friday, as a three-day old truce to coincide with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr collapsed. <br /><br /> Pictures uploaded to social media purported to show the aftermath of a bombardment on the town of Darkush near the Turkish border.<br /><br /> People lay dead and were carried away on stretchers. Families had come come to the riverside area to enjoy the Eid weekend, reports say.<br /><br /> A monitoring group claimed 23 people were killed as the Syrian army attacked the rebel-held town.<br /><br /> The dead included ten women and two children, serious injuries meaning the toll is likely to rise according to the foreign-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.<br /><br /> Reuters said it was confident the events portrayed were genuine, after the images were analysed by its social media team. <br /><br /> Meanwhile rebel-held parts of Aleppo are said to have been almost completely encircled by government forces.<br /><br /> Unverified video is said to show a government-led offensive north of the city, as soldiers fire at opposition outposts.<br /><br /> The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says rebel attacks on government-held districts killed at least 18 civilians including four children, injuring over 120. <br /><br /> The government advance put its forces within striking distance of a major supply route for the rebels, effectively putting opposition-held areas under siege.<br /><br /> Away from the carnage – state TV broadcast images it said showed President al-Assad and his family in Homs visiting the homes of Syrian soldiers who were wounded during the war.<br /><br /> Syria’s president, accused of being responsible for some of the most barbarous attacks on his country’s civilians, took part in prayers for Eid.<br />
