Airstrike hits busy market in opposition-held northwestern Syria and kills at least 9 people
- Russian airstrikes on an Idlib market left nine civilians dead and over 34 injured.
- The airstrikes targeted Idlib city, Benin town, Al-Arbeen mountain and Jisr al-Shughour, with the latter location home to a popular vegetable market.
- Bashar al-Assad and Russia are known to double attack areas where emergency responders are present, leaving a "huge burden" for rescue operations.
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Russia jets step-up strikes in rebel-held Syria, at least 11 killed: Reports
In what is being described as a major flare-up of violence in Syria’s last opposition stronghold, Russian jets reportedly bombed villages and towns near the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib, on Sunday (June 25), reported Reuters. Meanwhile, a Syrian war monitor told AFP, that at least 11 people, including seven civilians, were killed in the region while dozens of others were wounded.
“These Russian raids are the deadliest in Syria this year and constitute a massacre,” Rami Abdel Rahmane, the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told Agence France-Presse.
Airstrike Hits Busy Market in Opposition-Held Northwestern Syria, Kills at Least 9
An airstrike early Sunday over a busy vegetable market in northwestern Syria killed at least nine people, activists and local first responders said. Activists and Britain-based opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Russia, a top ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, launched the strike over the strategic opposition-held town of Jisr al-Shughur near the Turkish border. The strike comes a day after Moscow's top …
Suspected Russian airstrikes kill 11 in rebel-held area of Syria
Cairo, June 25 (EFE) – Suspected Russian airstrikes in a rebel-held area of Syria killed at least 11 people, including seven civilians, on Sunday, marking one of the deadliest attacks this year in the conflict-ravaged region. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has been monitoring the war that has lasted over a decade, reported that Russian forces conducted aerial raids in the country’s northwest in retaliation for deadly drone attack…
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