37 civilians killed in Syrian air raids
(MENAFN- Arab News) BEIRUT: At least 37 civilians were killed Wednesday in Syrian airstrikes near Damascus while at least 13 people died as fighter fired a barrage of rockets into the capital a monitor said.
Also on Wednesday at least eight civilians including five children were killed in US-led air strikes on a weapons depot belonging to a fighter group allied with Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate. The overnight raid hit the Atmeh region of the northwest Idlib province and also killed 10 members of the Jaish Al-Sunna group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Atmeh is home to a large camp for displaced Syrians but the strikes did not hit the camp itself Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said.
'There were a total of 18 people killed. Eight of them were civilians including five children and two women' he told AFP.
A Syrian military source said on Tuesday the army had retreated to new defensive lines in a region of vital strategic importance to Bashar Assad seeking to avoid losses at the hands of advancing fighters.
The insurgent advance into the Sahl Al-Ghab plain in northwestern Syria has brought fighters including those from the Al-Nusra Front to the eastern edge of mountains that form the historical heartland of Assad's Alawite people.
Also on Wednesday at least eight civilians including five children were killed in US-led air strikes on a weapons depot belonging to a fighter group allied with Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate. The overnight raid hit the Atmeh region of the northwest Idlib province and also killed 10 members of the Jaish Al-Sunna group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Atmeh is home to a large camp for displaced Syrians but the strikes did not hit the camp itself Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said.
'There were a total of 18 people killed. Eight of them were civilians including five children and two women' he told AFP.
A Syrian military source said on Tuesday the army had retreated to new defensive lines in a region of vital strategic importance to Bashar Assad seeking to avoid losses at the hands of advancing fighters.
The insurgent advance into the Sahl Al-Ghab plain in northwestern Syria has brought fighters including those from the Al-Nusra Front to the eastern edge of mountains that form the historical heartland of Assad's Alawite people.
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