(Zaman Al Wasl)- Two women and a child boy were killed in regime airstrikes on the northern countryside of Hama, local activists said Monday.
For the past 72 hours, the regime warplanes have carried out tens of airstrikes, pounding the southern countryside of Idlib and northern countryside of Hama.
About 65 civilians killed in idlib province since Friday, 30 of them were killed by the Russian airstrikes, and thirty others killed in a huge explosion struck an arms depot.
The U.N. children's agency says a battle for Idlib province between regime forces and the rebels could affect the lives of more than 1 million children, many of whom live in refugee camps.
UNICEF says food, water and medicine are already in short supply in the largely rural northwestern province, now home to over 1 million Syrians who have been displaced from their homes by government offensives across the country.
The agency says a battle for Idlib, the last major bastion for Syria's political and military opposition, would exacerbate an already dire humanitarian situation, and potentially displace 350,000 children.
Syria's regime dropped leaflets across the province Thursday urging residents to reconcile with its rule. Officials have warned that government forces will take back the province by force if necessary.
Zaman Al Wasl
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