Russia and the Bashar al-Assad regime carried out scores of airstrikes Monday in Syria\u2019s Idlib and Hama provinces, killing at least 15 civilians, according to local civil defense sources.
\nMostafa Haj Youssef, director of Syria\u2019s White Helmets civil defense force, told Anadolu Agency that both Syrian and Russian aircraft had conducted \u201cmore than 90\u201d airstrikes in southern Idlib and northern Hama.
\n“At least 15 civilians, most of them children and women, were killed in the airstrikes, which have been ongoing since early Monday morning,” Youssef said.
\nHe said the airstrikes mainly targeted the southern and eastern parts of Idlib and some areas in northern Hama.
\nIdlib notably falls within a network of de-escalation zones endorsed by Turkey, Russia and Iran in which acts of aggression are expressly forbidden.
\nSyria has only just begun to emerge from a devastating civil war that began in early 2011 when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests with unexpected ferocity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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