Air Raids in Rebel-Held Syria Said to Kill at Least 10

Reuters
By Reuters
June 11, 2021Middle East
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Air Raids in Rebel-Held Syria Said to Kill at Least 10
This screenshot shows Syrian and Russian attacks on Syria's Idlib that kill civilians and rebels in a spike in violence, Syria, in June 2021. (Reuters/Screenshot via NTD)

AMMAN—At least 10 people were killed in Syrian army artillery attacks and Russian air raids this week in a spike in bombardments in the last major area of the country still in rebel hands, witnesses and civil defense officials said.

They said seven civilians including a woman and a child were killed when their home in the village of Ibleen in the mountainous Jabal al-Zawya region in southern Idlib came under fire from Syrian army outposts.

At least four other rebels were killed when their convoy was hit by a Russian jet when they approached the village to rescue survivors, two civil defense workers told Reuters.

Syria’s northwest corner is the scene of sporadic violence but has not seen a resumption of widespread bombing since a deal last year ended a Russian-backed air campaign that displaced over a million people.

Mohammed Rasheed, a former rebel official, and a volunteer aircraft spotter, said their network which covers the Russian airbase in the coastal province of Latakia observed at least six Russian raids on villages in Jabal al Zawya.

“There has been an escalation in the last few days of artillery rockets and long-range missiles,” Rasheed added.

There was no immediate comment from Moscow or the Syrian army, which have accused militant groups in the region of wrecking the ceasefire deal and attacking army-held areas.

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