SOHR: Missile bombing of the Syrian regime forces near Idlib kills at least 8 people, including 5 civilians

Areas under the control of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly al-Nusra) and other fighting factions in Idlib governorate are subjected from time to time to bombardment by the Syrian regime forces, while the factions respond by targeting government forces’ control positions in adjacent areas, despite a ceasefire in the area for more than a year And a half.

The observatory reported that the bombing took place while children were heading to their schools in a crowded market in the city located in the southern countryside of Idlib, noting that among the dead were two children. The bombing also resulted in the injury of at least 26 people.

At the hospital where the victims were taken, an AFP correspondent saw a person screaming and crying next to the corpse of a 10-year-old girl. As for the place of targeting, some were busy cleaning the street in front of their damaged shops. The bombing comes despite the ceasefire announced by Moscow, which supports Damascus, and Ankara, which supports the fighting factions, in March 2020.

The ceasefire came after a massive attack launched by the regime forces with Russian support over a period of three months, during which they took control of large areas in southern Idlib, and pushed about a million people to flee their homes.

The Headquarters for the Liberation of Al-Sham and less influential fighting factions control about half of the area of ​​Idlib governorate and limited areas adjacent to it from the governorates of Aleppo, Hama and Latakia. The area is inhabited by about three million people, half of whom are internally displaced. The bombing in Idlib comes hours after the bombing of a bus in the capital, Damascus, which killed 13 people, and no party has claimed responsibility so far.