(MENAFN- Morocco World News) Air strikes carried out by Syrian or Russian warplanes killed more than 20 people in the northwestern city of Idlib Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Areas hit included a market and at least five children were among those killed, the British-based Observatory said. It said it did not know whether Syrian or Russian jets had carried out the strikes. Both are operating in the area. Russia deployed warplanes to Syria last year to support President Bashar al-Assad against rebels seeking to end his rule, and have supported Syrian government forces in a separate fight against so-called Islamic State fighters further east. Idlib city and the province by the same name is a stronghold of rebel groups including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front. Air raids in the town of Maarat al-Numan, about 30 km south of Idlib killed another six people, the Observatory said. There has been heavy bombardment of areas in Idlib province in recent weeks, including air strikes that killed at least 23 people last month. With MAP
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