A Syrian civilian was killed on Sunday by regime shelling of the Idlib de-escalation zone in northern Syria, according to local sources.
Regime forces fired shells at Maghara and al-Bara villages in Idlib, the sources with the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) said.
Idlib falls within a de-escalation zone forged under an agreement between Turkey and Russia in March 2020.
The Syrian regime, however, has consistently violated the terms of the cease-fire, launching frequent attacks inside the de-escalation zone.
Last week, artillery fire from regime-controlled territory and airstrikes killed at least eight civilians in Idlib, most of them children, and destroyed a civil defence centre and a water station, rescue workers said.
Shelling struck the home of a volunteer of the rescue service called the White Helmets, in Balion village in southern Idlib province, killing his two children.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday extending the delivery of humanitarian aid for a year from Turkey to rebel-held northwest Syria, where the U.N. says 3.4 million people are in desperate need of food and other assistance.
The resolution was adopted after the United States and Russia reached a deal on rival draft resolutions backed by the West and Moscow. Agencies
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