Dozens of children are among the latest victims of the Syrian civil war after barrel bombs fell on an elementary school， dissidents said. Syrian forces dropped the bombs on an opposition-held area of Aleppo， the country's largest city， the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said. The LCC said 25 children died.Barrel bombs typically consist of barrels stuffed with explosives and objects such as nails to maximize carnage. A video posted by opposition activists showed what appeared to be a pool of blood and a side of a building reduced to rubble.The jihadist group al-Nusra Front claimed responsibility for twin car bombings the day before that killed at least 79 civilians in the al-Zahra neighborhood of Homs， dissidents said.

\"The first car was detonated on time in order to kill the maximum number of Shabiha （al-Assad's militiamen） in addition to the huge material damage，\" the statement read.

As rescuers rushed to the scene， \"the second car bomb detonated， blasting their hideouts to be the knockout punch that finished off whoever survived the first explosion since the two cars were parked in a manner aimed to cause the highest casualty number possible in their ranks so they can live the pain and suffering our people have been living.\"