Atl east 36 civilians on Wednesday have been Killed in first-time Russian air strikes on rebel-held towns of the northern countryside of Homs city, activists and a monitoring group said.
Activists reported death of 17 people, including children and women, in Talbiseh town, 11 people, including 5 women, in al-Za'afaraneh village, 6 people, mostly children from one family, in al-Rastan town, and two in the villages of al-Ghanto and Al Makramiya.
A U.S. defense official tells The Associated Press that Russia has launched airstrikes in Syria.
The move follows a unanimous vote by Russian lawmakers to allow President Vladimir Putin to order airstrikes in Syria, where Russia has deployed fighter jets and other weapons in recent weeks.
The U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the airstrikes publicly, said they were launched Wednesday near Homs.
Russia recently moved fighter aircraft to an air base south of the Syrian coastal city of Latakia. U.S. officials had said in recent days that the Russians were flying reconnaissance missions without dropping bombs to familiarize themselves within the area. That was taken as an indication that they were about to begin airstrikes.
East of Homs, clashes between Islamic State and regime army have renewed Tuesday near the T-4 military air base.
ISIS has tightened the noose on regime air bases in the eastern countryside of Homs and Damascus, pressing hard to take T-4, al-Sin and Dumeir military airports. Two weeks ago, Islamist rebels took Abu Dhour military airport in Idlib.
Also in Homs, 15 U.N. aid vehicles reached al-Houla region loaded by food, medicine and tents. It was delivered by the Syrian Red crescent.
Meanwhile, Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said: "At least 30 people were killed and scores wounded in air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition on Sunday which destroyed an Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria."
Abdelrahman believed the strikes were carried out by French jets, according to Reuters.
About 300,000 people have lost their lives in the 4-1/2 year war in Syria.
Activists reported death of 17 people, including children and women, in Talbiseh town, 11 people, including 5 women, in al-Za'afaraneh village, 6 people, mostly children from one family, in al-Rastan town, and two in the villages of al-Ghanto and Al Makramiya.
A U.S. defense official tells The Associated Press that Russia has launched airstrikes in Syria.
The move follows a unanimous vote by Russian lawmakers to allow President Vladimir Putin to order airstrikes in Syria, where Russia has deployed fighter jets and other weapons in recent weeks.
The U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the airstrikes publicly, said they were launched Wednesday near Homs.
Russia recently moved fighter aircraft to an air base south of the Syrian coastal city of Latakia. U.S. officials had said in recent days that the Russians were flying reconnaissance missions without dropping bombs to familiarize themselves within the area. That was taken as an indication that they were about to begin airstrikes.
East of Homs, clashes between Islamic State and regime army have renewed Tuesday near the T-4 military air base.
ISIS has tightened the noose on regime air bases in the eastern countryside of Homs and Damascus, pressing hard to take T-4, al-Sin and Dumeir military airports. Two weeks ago, Islamist rebels took Abu Dhour military airport in Idlib.
Also in Homs, 15 U.N. aid vehicles reached al-Houla region loaded by food, medicine and tents. It was delivered by the Syrian Red crescent.
Meanwhile, Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said: "At least 30 people were killed and scores wounded in air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition on Sunday which destroyed an Islamic State training camp in eastern Syria."
Abdelrahman believed the strikes were carried out by French jets, according to Reuters.
About 300,000 people have lost their lives in the 4-1/2 year war in Syria.
Zaman Al Wasl
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