According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in the attacks that took place in the cities of Idlib and Sharmeen, six civilians were killed, including two children and a woman, while another 25 people were injured.
Six civilians were killed and 25 others wounded yesterday Saturday in shelling by the Syrian army in northwestern Syria, the last stronghold of jihadists and rebels in the country, according to the non-governmental organization Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
“Regime forces directly targeted populated sectors of Idlib city,” the NGO said, adding that industrial areas and “neighborhoods of Sharmeen city” were also hit, a short distance away.
Six civilians, including “two children and a woman”, were killed in the two communities and 25 others were wounded in various areas of Idlib province, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based group that relies on a wide network of sources in Syria.
During the bombardment, Syrian government forces fired “more than 35 missiles,” according to the NGO.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, the former arm of al-Qaeda) is the most powerful jihadist and rebel organization operating in northwestern Syria, where other, less powerful, more or less Turkish-backed rebel organizations are also present.
The HTS, designated a terrorist organization by Damascus, the US and the EU, is bombing the positions of the Syrian government forces and those of Russia, Syria’s main ally.
In recent days, some areas of the rebel and jihadist stronghold have turned into a theater of heavy fighting, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The day before Friday, the NGO reported that 11 members of forces close to Damascus and 5 HTS fighters were killed when the jihadist group launched a raid in neighboring Aleppo province on Thursday.
In late November, shelling by Syrian government forces killed nine civilians, including six children, as they picked olives in Idlib, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
A ceasefire agreement brokered by Russia and Turkey is being implemented in Idlib province as Damascus prepared to launch a full-scale offensive in March 2020. However, the agreement is frequently violated.
The war in Syria, which broke out in 2011 in the midst of the so-called Arab Spring, triggered by the bloody repression of protests with a central demand for the democratization of the country, has claimed the lives of more than half a million people and turned millions more into internally displaced persons and refugees.
Source :Skai
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