Heavy Russian bombardment on Idlib countryside amid large displacement movement

Idlib – North-Press Agency

The Russian warplanes continued their airstrikes Idlib's southern countryside after midnight of Tuesday-Wednesday, as the airstrikes targeted the village of al-Deir al-Sharqi in the eastern countryside of Maarat al-Numan that killed one person and injured several others, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Russian aerial bombardment continued this morning, as the Russian warplanes raided on the villages of Halba and Babolin, in Idlib's southern and southeastern countryside, while Syrian governmental helicopters targeted with barrel bombs the village of al-Rafa in Maarat Al-Numan countryside.

As the day of yesterday, Tuesday, witnessed a major escalation by the aerial bombardment on the de-escalation zones, where the Russian and the Syrian governmental warplanes took turns in bombing the area with more than 110 airstrikes, in addition to ground bombing by the Syrian government forces, the aerial and ground bombardment killed 23 people, according to the Syrian Observatory.

Idlib governorate fronts and countryside are witnessing an escalation by the Syrian government forces and the Russian warplanes, while violent clashes taking place between the government forces and the armed opposition groups, accompanied by a massive displacement movement due to the high intensity of the clashes and shelling.