(Zaman Al Wasl)- Ten people killed on Wednesday in the northern countryside of Hama as regime and key ally Russia stepped up the aerial and ground campaign on Idlib and Hama provinces, local activists said.
Six people, including 4 women, were killed in Qalaat al-Madiq, and 4 more people, including two women, were also killed in Maarrat al-Nu'man town, Civil Defense Paramedic group said.
The regime warplanes have conducted more than 105 raids in the past 24 hours in response to a major rebel attack launched on Tuesday. The attack was the biggest in the area since March in the northern Hama and southern Idlib area.
Hayat Tahir al-Sham, former al-Qaeda group, backed by 5 rebel factions launched major attack on regime bastions in Maan town. Rebels have also launched rocket attack on Hama military airport.
The regime army said the attack was being repelled, and rebels had suffered losses.
A rebel source told Reuters the rebels were making advances in the northern Hama countryside, situated in an area where Bashar al-Assad and his allies have been steadily rolling back rebel gains over the last two years.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the airstrikes hit three hospitals, a medical center and premises used by a rescue service in rebel-held Idlib.
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