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The Latest: Syrian official promises Aleppo ground offensive

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 file photo, comrades carry Ilias Mahmoud al-Taweel, a member of Syrian Civil Defence, or White Helmets, during his funeral in in Douma, the suburbs of Damascus. A volunteer group that rescues civilians from bombed-out buildings in Syria shares this year's Right Livelihood Award, sometimes known as the "Alternative Nobel," with activists from Egypt and Russia and a Turkish newspaper. (Feras Domy via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT
FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 file photo, comrades carry Ilias Mahmoud al-Taweel, a member of Syrian Civil Defence, or White Helmets, during his funeral in in Douma, the suburbs of Damascus. A volunteer group that rescues civilians from bombed-out buildings in Syria shares this year's Right Livelihood Award, sometimes known as the "Alternative Nobel," with activists from Egypt and Russia and a Turkish newspaper. (Feras Domy via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

By Associated Press 2 min read

BEIRUT (AP) – The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):

2:30 p.m.

A Syrian military official says airstrikes and shelling in the northern city of Aleppo might continue for an extended period and will include a ground offensive.

The unnamed military official was quoted by Syrian state media on Friday as saying that operations in rebel-held eastern parts of the city “will include a ground offensive.”

The military announcement came as a bombing campaign in rebel-held districts of Aleppo city intensified Friday, targeting several neighborhoods and centers of the award-winning volunteer civil defense group known as the White Helmets.