(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 7 displaced people have burned to death in airstrikes on their van while they were fleeing regime bombardment on rebel-held areas in Idlib and Aleppo, Civil Defense agency said on Friday.
The White Helmets rescuing group said the strikes hit the village of Tel Adhiya. Children nad women were among the casualties.
About 20 people more people have been killed during the week in the towns of Saraqeb and Ariha in Idlib province.
Idlib province is the biggest chunk of Syria still held by rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad, with a population swollen by Syrians who have fled regime advances in other parts of the country. Assad has defeated rebels in many parts of western Syria with critical help from Russia and Iran.
A total of 5,783 civilians were killed in Syria, mainly by the Russian forces, over the last two years, according to a report released by Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported.
The report said 1,596 children and 992 women were among those killed between Sept. 30, 2015 and Dec. 31, 2017.
It said nearly 2.3 million individuals were displaced as a direct result of the Russian offensives along with their allies.
More than 470,000 people have been killed and 12 millions have been driven from their homes since Syria's revolutions erupted in 2011.
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