13 killed, 90 injured in government shelling in Idlib, Aleppo
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – More than 100 people were killed and injured on Friday in a military escalation by Syrian government forces and Russian forces against the countryside of Idlib and Aleppo in northwestern Syria, amid heavy displacement in these areas.
Cities, town and villages in Idlib and Aleppo governorates have been witnessing intense government shelling since Thursday following an attack on a Military Academy in Homs, which the government accused “terrorist organizations” in Idlib of being behind.
On Thursday, several drones struck Homs Military Academy’s courtyard during a ceremony graduation where families were gathered with newly graduated young officers. The strikes took place minutes after Syria’s Minister of Defense Ali Mahmoud Abbas left the ceremony.
A leader in the National Front for Liberation (a Turkish-backed Syrian opposition coalition), told North Press that, until early Saturday, 13 people have been killed and over 90 were injured in the bombardment, including more than 35 children, most of them in the city of Idlib and the town of Termanin in northern Idlib.
The leader accused government forces of using internationally prohibited cluster bombs in their shelling of Termanin, resulting in a large number of civilian casualties. He also stated that neighborhoods in the city of Darat Izza, west of Aleppo, were targeted with shells loaded with
The selling in Idlib targeted the city of Dana, the town of Termanin, and downtown Idlib, in addition to several villages and towns in the area.
In conjunction with the military escalation, new Turkish reinforcements entered from Kafr Losin border crossing in northern Idlib, heading towards Saraqib in the east and Zawiya Mountain (Jabl al-Zawiya) in the south.
On Friday, the cities of Ariha, Sarmin, Jisr al-Shughur, Binnish, Termanin, and the villages of Zawiya Mountain in Idlib, as well as the cities of Darat Izza and Atarib west of Aleppo, witnessed heavy displacement. This wave of displacement is the first of its kind in the region since February 2020, as over 1,500 families have been displaced, according to activists.