(Zaman Al Wasl)- Three civilians, including two children, were killed in regime airstrikes on the embattled opposition bastion of northern Idlib province, local activists said.
The strikes hit the villages of al-Kafayr and al-Janpidiya, and the town of Jisr al-Shughour. Dozens of people were wounded.
The Idlib region, which is home to some three million people, including many displaced by the eight-year war, is controlled by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate.
Bashar al-Assad's forces launched a devastating military campaign against Idlib in April, killing around 1,000 civilians and forcing more than 400,000 people to flee their homes.
But a ceasefire announced by the regime's major backer Moscow has largely held since late August, though the Observatory says skirmishes persist.
Al-Assad, who now controls around 60 percent of the country, has vowed to reclaim the rest, including Idlib.
Eight years of war in Syria have killed 560,000 people and driven half the pre-war population of 22 million from their homes, including more than 6 million as refugees to neighbouring countries.
Two children killed in Assad airstrikes on Idlib: activists
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