(Zaman Al Wasl)- Five civilians killed Tuesday in fresh Syrian regime airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun town in northern Idlib province, White Helmets agency said.
A woman and a child were among the casualties, according to the rescuing group.
The regime forces backed by Russia have intensified aerial and ground bombing on Khan Sheikhoun this week topping the death toll to 19.
On Friday, Bombardment by militias loyal to Bashar al-Assad killed at least 9 civilians, mostly two children and women, in Khan Sheikhoun.
Idlib has been hit by sporadic regime shelling for weeks despite the buffer zone deal between Russia and Turkey.
Turkey, which backs moderate Syrian rebels, and Russia, the regime's principal foreign ally, agreed in September to create a demilitarised zone in northwest Idlib region that would be evacuated of all heavy weapons and hardline fighters.
Idlib province, in Syria’s northwest corner, is under the control of Hayat Tahrir al Sham, a bloc of Islamist militant factions spearheaded by Syria’s former al Qaeda affiliate, and has long been targeted by bombings and assassinations.
Twin explosions in the bustling center of Idlib city on Monday killed at least 17 people and injured scores, medics and witnesses told Reuters.
They said an explosive device planted in a parked car detonated in a main street in the provincial capital. Many of the casualties were civil defense workers who reached the site moments before a second explosion nearby. That blast was attributed by some witnesses to a bomb rigged to a motorcycle.
Social media footage showed aid workers carrying away bodies and rescuing wounded civilians amid smouldering wreckage.
Since the Syrian revolution erupted in 2011, more than 560,000 people have been killed, and more than 6 million people have been displaced.
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