Airstrike hits busy market in opposition-held northwestern Syria and kills at least 9 people

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 …

Russian airstrikes kill at least 11 people in rebel-held Syria

The explosions, including one allegedly at a food market, are said to be in retaliation for deadly drone attacks last week attributed to rebels

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…

At least nine killed in Russian air strikes in Syria’s Idlib

More than 34 people wounded in bombings that also targeted a crowded market, rescuers tell Al Jazeera.