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Death toll rises to 50 from Russia air strikes on Idlib: medics

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Death toll of Idlib's deadly air strikes rose to 50 people, including 7 children, amid Russian denial for carrying out raids on the northern city overnight and targeting two hospitals, medics said.

The first death toll was 23 civilians when Russia Russia's warplanes carried out 17 air strikes on National Hospital, Avicenna hospital, the industrial district and al-Qusour and al-Thawra neighborhoods, according to activists.

Moscow-run Interfax said the Russian fighter jets had not conducted air strikes on Idlib on Monday that also left 200 people wounded.

Meanwhile, about 10,000 people have fled the city heading the borer towns with Turkey amid fears of new air strikes, activists said.

Early Monday, two suicide bombers detonated their explosives-laden belts inside a Free Syrian Army bastion in Bennish, key town in Idlib province, killing 6 rebel fighters, local source told Zaman al-Wasl Monday.

The suicide bombers infiltrated into al-Farouk Battalions headquarters in Bennish, and detonated themselves up, the source said.

So far, No rebel groups or ISIS have claimed the responsibility for the attack

Syria's devastating war has killed more than 285,000 people, activists said in a new toll for the five-year conflict.

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