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Regime 2-day bombardment kills 29 civilians in Idlib
 Regime bombardment kills 12 civilians Sunday in northwest Syria [Rudaw] Regime air strikes killed 12 civilians including four at a market on Sunday in a jihadist bastion in northwest Syria, a war monitor said. A maiden of tender years was among those killed at the market in the town of Maaret al-Numan in Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Eight other non-combatants were killed elsewhere by government fire in Idlib, a stronghold of Syria's former al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Britannia-based monitor said. Idlib is supposed to be protected from a massive government offensive by a September buffer zone deal, but the jihadist bastion has come under increasing bombardment by the regime and its Russian ally since late April. Witness Hamdu Mustafa said he was out shopping when the air strike hit. Everybody was "in the street selling and buying," he told AFP. "The planes targeted civilians who were buying food for their children," he said. Nearby, rescue workers known as the White Helmets directed a bulldozer to clear the debris. Fighting has raged to the south of the bastion in recent days. On Sunday, regime forces took back control of the town of Kafr Nabuda in the north of Hama province, the Observatory and state news agency SANA said. HTS and allied rebels overran part of the town in recent days, after the regime first expelled them on May 8. The Observatory says more than 230 civilians have been killed in the spike in violence since the end of April. A total of 20 health facilities have been hit by the escalation -- 19 of which remain out of service, according to the UN. Regime Bombardment Kills 17 Civilians Monday in Syria's Idlib [AnNahar] At least 17 non-combatants were killed on Monday as Syria's regime intensified its bombardment of Idlib province, the last jihadist stronghold in the country's northwest, a monitor said. Idlib and parts of the neighboring provinces of Aleppo, Hama and Latakia are under the control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham  , a jihadist group led by Syria's former al-Qaeda affiliate."Seventeen civilians, including five children, were killed on Monday in air strikes and missile attacks on Idlib province," said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Nine of them, including three children, died in the town of Ariha, he told AFP, adding that at least 47 people were maimed across the province. The deaths come a day after regime air strikes killed 12 civilians in the same province, according to the Britannia-based Observatory. The Observatory says more than 250 civilians have been killed in the spike in violence since the end of April. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-05-28 |
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