JISR AL-SHUGHUR: Russian air strikes killed at least 13 people in rebel-held northwest Syria on Sunday (Jun 25), the deadliest attack on the country this year, a war monitor said. At least nine civilians, including two children, were among the dead, with most killed at a fruit and vegetable market in Jisr
JISR AL-SHUGHUR: Russian air strikes killed at least 13 people in rebel-held northwest Syria on Sunday , the deadliest attack on the country this year, a war monitor said.
Russian forces which back President Bashar al-Assad's regime were responding to rebel drone strikes over the past week that killed four civilians including two children, according to the Observatory. "It was indescribable, seeing the dead, the wounded," he said, his hands still covered with their blood.
The operation targeted"terrorist positions" in Idlib province, killing dozens and destroying arms depots and drones, said the statement carried by Syria's official news agency SANA.Six civilians died in Jisr al-Shughur and three rebel fighters were killed nearby by Russian air strikes, said Abdel Rahman, whose group relies on a network of sources inside Syria.
At least 30 civilians were wounded in Sunday's strikes, said Abdel Rahman, who added that the death toll was likely to rise.
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