(Zaman Al Wasl)- The death toll of the Russian air strikes on Idlib's school has risen to 35, most of them were school children, local activists and Idlib Media Center said Wednesday.
The deadly air strikes hit a residential area and a school in Haas village in the northern province of Idlib.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, said the warplanes had struck several locations in Haas including an elementary and middle school, killing at least one teacher as well as the children.
The Civil Defence network, which operates in rebel-held areas in the country, said 20 of the dead in Wednesday's attacks were children.
Syria's war pits Bashar al-Assad, backed by Russia, Iran and Shi'ite Muslim militias from Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan against an array of mostly Sunni Muslim rebel groups including some backed by Turkey, Gulf monarchies and the United States.
Idlib, near Aleppo in northwest Syria, contains the largest populated area controlled by rebels, both nationalist groups under the banner of the Free Syrian Army and Islamist ones including the former al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat Fateh al-Sham.
The Civil Defence network, which operates in rebel-held areas in the country, said 20 of the dead in Wednesday's attacks were children.
Photos taken at the scene showed buildings with walls reduced to rubble, including what appeared to be the school with upturned desks and chairs covered in dust.
Three more people were killed in regime strikes on al-Bara town, activists said. The aerial bombs has targeted most rebel-held areas in Idlib.
Western countries and international human rights groups have regularly highlighted the high number of civilian deaths reported after Syrian and Russian air strikes.
So far, almost half million people have been killed and more than 12 million have become refugees. (With Reuters)
The deadly air strikes hit a residential area and a school in Haas village in the northern province of Idlib.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, said the warplanes had struck several locations in Haas including an elementary and middle school, killing at least one teacher as well as the children.
The Civil Defence network, which operates in rebel-held areas in the country, said 20 of the dead in Wednesday's attacks were children.
Syria's war pits Bashar al-Assad, backed by Russia, Iran and Shi'ite Muslim militias from Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan against an array of mostly Sunni Muslim rebel groups including some backed by Turkey, Gulf monarchies and the United States.
Idlib, near Aleppo in northwest Syria, contains the largest populated area controlled by rebels, both nationalist groups under the banner of the Free Syrian Army and Islamist ones including the former al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat Fateh al-Sham.
The Civil Defence network, which operates in rebel-held areas in the country, said 20 of the dead in Wednesday's attacks were children.
Photos taken at the scene showed buildings with walls reduced to rubble, including what appeared to be the school with upturned desks and chairs covered in dust.
Three more people were killed in regime strikes on al-Bara town, activists said. The aerial bombs has targeted most rebel-held areas in Idlib.
Western countries and international human rights groups have regularly highlighted the high number of civilian deaths reported after Syrian and Russian air strikes.
So far, almost half million people have been killed and more than 12 million have become refugees. (With Reuters)
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