Airstrikes by Russian jets hit targets around the town of Talbiseh in western Syria Sunday, residents and an activist group in Syria said, a day after Russia promised to step up its air campaign.
Ambulances rushed wounded people to hospital in Talbiseh, north of the city of Homs, and one resident said at least five bodies had been recovered from the western part of the town, Reuters reported.
"So far there are seven or six raids in the town," said Abdul Ghafar al Dweik, a former government employee and volunteer rescue worker.
He said he believed the raid was carried out by Russian jets. "They come suddenly... With the Syrian planes, we would get a warning but now all of a sudden we see it over our heads," he said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Russian planes struck Sunday in Homs province and also in neighboring Hama.
Russia launched air strikes in Syria Wednesday, saying they targeted the extremist ISIS militants who control large parts of eastern Syria and western Iraq. But some of the areas it has struck have little or no ISIS presence.
32 civilians killed in Wednesday's attacks, 145 of them from Talbiseh, activists said
Several rebel groups around Talbiseh operate under the umbrella of the Free Syrian Army, and some have received military support from Western and Gulf Arab states that oppose President Bashar Assad.
The air strikes in Hama targeted a region in the east of the province controlled by ISIS fighters, the Observatory said.
A senior Russian military officer said Saturday Russian jets based in western Syria had carried out more than 60 sorties in 72 hours. "We will not only continue strikes... We will also increase their intensity," said Andrei Kartapolov from the Russian army General Staff. (With Reuters)
Ambulances rushed wounded people to hospital in Talbiseh, north of the city of Homs, and one resident said at least five bodies had been recovered from the western part of the town, Reuters reported.
"So far there are seven or six raids in the town," said Abdul Ghafar al Dweik, a former government employee and volunteer rescue worker.
He said he believed the raid was carried out by Russian jets. "They come suddenly... With the Syrian planes, we would get a warning but now all of a sudden we see it over our heads," he said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Russian planes struck Sunday in Homs province and also in neighboring Hama.
Russia launched air strikes in Syria Wednesday, saying they targeted the extremist ISIS militants who control large parts of eastern Syria and western Iraq. But some of the areas it has struck have little or no ISIS presence.
32 civilians killed in Wednesday's attacks, 145 of them from Talbiseh, activists said
Several rebel groups around Talbiseh operate under the umbrella of the Free Syrian Army, and some have received military support from Western and Gulf Arab states that oppose President Bashar Assad.
The air strikes in Hama targeted a region in the east of the province controlled by ISIS fighters, the Observatory said.
A senior Russian military officer said Saturday Russian jets based in western Syria had carried out more than 60 sorties in 72 hours. "We will not only continue strikes... We will also increase their intensity," said Andrei Kartapolov from the Russian army General Staff. (With Reuters)
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