Four children were among the dead in the overnight strikes on the town of Armanaz, in Idlib province near the
The Britannia-based watchdog had earlier reported 12 dead in the strikes on the town in Harem district around 20 kilometres northwest of the bustling provincial capital Idlib.The observatory said it could not immediately determine whether the strikes had been carried out by warplanes of the Syrian government or its ally Russia.
But they are the latest in an intensifying air campaign carried out by the two governments against jihadist fighters who control most of the province and are not party to a safe zone deal brokered by Russia,
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The surge in bombing raids has forced hospitals in the province to close, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Friday.
They were triggered by an offensive by jihadist fighters led by Al Qaeda’s former Syria affiliate launched against government-held villages in neighbouring Hama province on September 19.
The jihadists control nearly all of Idlib province after driving out Islamist former allies earlier this year.
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agreed on Thursday to step up efforts to establish a safe zone in Idlib as part of a wider agreement struck in May.
Three other safe zones have already been set up ‐ in Eastern Ghouta near Damascus, parts of the south and some areas of the central province of Homs.