(Zaman Al Wasl)- Four civilians, including a child, were killed Friday in fresh Russian airstrikes on the northern province of Idlib, Rescuing group said.
The aerial bombing targeted the villages of al-Fatira and Mareaian in the southern countryside of Idlib, according to the White Helmets.
Syria’s northwest corner, including the Idlib region, is the last major chunk of territory still in rebel hands after more than eight years of war.
In the eastern countryside, Syrian rebels halted an advance by regime forces and allied Iranian militias, killing 15 militants, military sources told Zaman al-Wasl.
The regime army has been pressing to take a strategic territory located between Idlib and Latakia province to cut the main supply route and to weaken the unprecedented resistance by rebels.
Lebanese, Iraqi and Palestinian militants were among the deaths of al-Zarzour battle, sources said.
In a relevant development, the Syrian National Army on Thursday has destroyed an Iranian site including weapons depot south of Aleppo, killing 4 militants.
The Turkish-backed forces launched a Grad missile attack on the site near the town of al-Hadher in the southern countryside of Aleppo.
Naji Mustafa, spokesman for the SNA, said the attack came in retaliation to the massacre of al-Kah camp in Idlib province that left 16 displaced persons killed on Wednesday.
The Assad forces launched a blistering military campaign against Idlib in April, killing around 1,000 civilians and displacing more than 400,000 people from their homes.
A ceasefire announced by Russia has largely held since late August, although dozens of civilians have been killed in sporadic bombardment since then.
Last month, Bashar al-Assad said Idlib was standing in the way of an end to the civil war that has ravaged his country through most of the current decade.
Al-Assad, who now controls around 60 percent of the country, has vowed to reclaim the rest, including Idlib and small pockets in Latakia.
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.
Zaman Al Wasl
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