Syrian regime strikes kill 24 civilians in Syria's Idlib
At least 24 civilians were killed on Tuesday as Assad regime intensified its bombardment of the last opposition stronghold in the country's northwest Idlib, a monitor said.
- Middle East
- Compiled from wire services
- Published Date: 10:49 | 28 May 2019
- Modified Date: 10:49 | 28 May 2019
The civilian death toll from the Bashar al-Assad regime forces' attacks on opposition-held Idlib province of Syria has risen to 24, the White Helmets civil-defense agency said on Tuesday.
Regime forces and Iran-backed militias targeted rural parts of the Idlib and Hama provinces, including Khan Shaykhun, Kafr Nabl, Al-Hobait and Lataminah, according to the agency.
It said a hospital and a healthcare center were destroyed in the attack.
However, as the airstrikes continue, the death toll may rise in the de-escalation zone.
Turkey and Russia agreed last September to turn Idlib into a de-escalation zone in which acts of aggression would be expressly prohibited.
The Syrian regime, however, has consistently broken the terms of the ceasefire, launching frequent attacks inside the de-escalation zone.
Syria has only just begun to emerge from a devastating conflict that began in early 2011 when the Assad regime cracked down on demonstrators with unexpected severity.