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| 21 civilians dead as Syrian planes pound Idlib |
| 2019-05-30 |
| [DAWN] At least 21 non-combatants were killed on Tuesday as Syria’s regime intensified its bombardment of the last jihadist stronghold in the country’s northwest, a monitor said. Nine children were among the 21 killed in government fire on several towns in Idlib province and the countryside of neighbouring Aleppo, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Strikes on a busy street in the village of Kafr Halab, on the western edge of Aleppo province, killed at least nine civilians. A photographer said the bodies of the victims were torn apart and several stores lining the side of the road were destroyed. The street was crowded with people out and about before breaking the daytime fast observed by Moslems during Ramazan. A hospital in the Idlib town of Kafranbel was also hit by artillery shells, said David Swanson, a front man for the UN humanitarian office. "The facility is reportedly out of service due to severe structural damage," he said. The hospital’s administrative director Majed al-Akraa confirmed the attack. "The hospital is completely out of service," he said. "It was a strong attack. The generators and even my car caught fire," he said. It follows two days of intensified regime bombardment on the region that killed a total of 31 civilians on Sunday and Monday, according to the Britannia-based Observatory. |
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