(Zaman Al Wasl)- Russia's warplanes have carried out at least 600 air strikes on Turkmen-dominated villages in the southern countryside of central Hama province in one month that have displaced 10,000 people, rebel commander told Zaman al-Wasl on Sunday.
The villages of Harbanfaseh, Kissin and Burj Qaei have been under heavy aerial bombing by Russia jets, an assault reflects a clear Russian vengeance from Turkey since Ankara shot down a Russian warplane Last November, activists and displaced Turkmen families said.
About 10,000 people have fled their villages to the northern countryside of Homs, Free Syrian Army commander said.
Meanwhile, The military offensive by Syrian government and allied forces has cut off 120,000 people in the northern Homs governorate since mid-January, worsening hunger and killing patients unable to get to medical care, a U.N. report said on Thursday.
"There are reports of increasingly acute shortages of food, basic commodities, medical items and fuel in the area. With the irregular supply routes used until mid-January now cut off, food items that are still available are now being sold at much higher prices," said the report by the U.N. humanitarian office.
On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed to intensify diplomatic and other cooperation to implement an agreement on Syria struck at talks in Munich, the Kremlin said in a statement following phone talks between the two leaders on Feb. 14.
The villages of Harbanfaseh, Kissin and Burj Qaei have been under heavy aerial bombing by Russia jets, an assault reflects a clear Russian vengeance from Turkey since Ankara shot down a Russian warplane Last November, activists and displaced Turkmen families said.
About 10,000 people have fled their villages to the northern countryside of Homs, Free Syrian Army commander said.
Meanwhile, The military offensive by Syrian government and allied forces has cut off 120,000 people in the northern Homs governorate since mid-January, worsening hunger and killing patients unable to get to medical care, a U.N. report said on Thursday.
"There are reports of increasingly acute shortages of food, basic commodities, medical items and fuel in the area. With the irregular supply routes used until mid-January now cut off, food items that are still available are now being sold at much higher prices," said the report by the U.N. humanitarian office.
On Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed to intensify diplomatic and other cooperation to implement an agreement on Syria struck at talks in Munich, the Kremlin said in a statement following phone talks between the two leaders on Feb. 14.
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