At least 24 people, including 19 children, were killed in the eastern countryside of Daraa province when regime fired a missile on a Quranic schoolroom, activists said Tuesday.
The missile attack on the town of al-Ghara al-Sharqiya has targeted a seminar for Quran memorization, what made most of victims from children.
The death toll is expected to rise, medics said.
Regime air force is deliberately attacking Syrian children backed by sectarian ideology says rebels' children are no more than a potential enemy, analysts say.
The southern region near the border with Jordan and Israel is one of the areas where insurgents have inflicted significant defeats on Bashar al-Assad in the last three months, notably by capturing the Nasib border crossing with Jordan on April 1.
Syria's four-year-old war has killed more than 220,000 people and forced millions out of their homes.
The missile attack on the town of al-Ghara al-Sharqiya has targeted a seminar for Quran memorization, what made most of victims from children.
The death toll is expected to rise, medics said.
Regime air force is deliberately attacking Syrian children backed by sectarian ideology says rebels' children are no more than a potential enemy, analysts say.
The southern region near the border with Jordan and Israel is one of the areas where insurgents have inflicted significant defeats on Bashar al-Assad in the last three months, notably by capturing the Nasib border crossing with Jordan on April 1.
Syria's four-year-old war has killed more than 220,000 people and forced millions out of their homes.
Zaman Al Wasl
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