Civil defense official Yahya Javad said the attack also wounded dozens of others in the city’s Al-Etarip area.

"A warplane, which we believe was a Russian jet, bombed a mosque during prayer time in Jina village near the Al-Etarip district of Aleppo," he said.

Javad said civil defense officials tried to rescue people from the mosque's wreckage: "There were 200-300 people in the mosque [during the attack]."

He said the death toll could rise, despite efforts by civil defense teams to reach people trapped under the wreckage. 

He stressed: "Attacking a mosque with a jet cannot be accepted."