Civilian wounded, child killed in Russian raid in Syria’s Idlib
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – A civilian was wounded and a child was killed on Friday in Russian air strikes on the southern countryside of Idlib, while Idlib and Hama witnessed continued mutual shelling between Turkish-backed Syrian opposition factions and Syrian government forces.
Local sources from the area told North Press that Russian warplanes targeted farmers working in the fig harvest near the town of Kansafra in Zawiya Mountain with airstrikes.
The raid resulted in the injury of the child Ali al-Brouk and another young man called Youssef al-Najar, from the town of Kansafra, in addition to the death of dozens of sheep. Residents transferred the wounded to local hospitals, where al-Brouk succumbed to his wounds.
Meanwhile, military sources told North Press that the government forces continued their artillery and missile shelling on the villages and towns of al-Fatira, Kafr Aweed, Sufuhun, outskirts of al-Bara and Kansafra, south of Idlib, from their positions at the surrounding checkpoints.
In Hama, government forces stationed in Jorin Camp bombarded with heavy artillery the town of al-Enkawi and the surrounding agricultural lands in Ghab Plain, west of the governorate, without reports of casualties.
Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room, which includes Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other armed groups, bombed government forces’ positions in the village of Malagah south of Idlib.
The de-escalation zone in northwest Syria is subject to a Russian-Turkish ceasefire agreement signed in March 2020; however, the area witnesses frequent mutual bombardment despite the entry of the ceasefire into force.