Cluster bomb attack by Syrian army wounds 3 civilians in Aleppo countryside

By Ahmet Karaahmet and Mehmet Burak Karacaoglu

IDLIB, Syria (AA) – At least three civilians including an infant were wounded in a cluster bomb attack carried out by the Syrian Armed Forces in the west of Aleppo province, local sources said Sunday.

Syrian army troops stationed in Kafr Halab and Iran-backed foreign terrorist groups attacked the village with cluster bombs, the use of which is prohibited by international agreements, according to civil defense sources.

The wounded were taken to hospitals.

Türkiye, Russia and Iran decided to create four "de-escalation zones" in Syria in areas not under the control of the Syrian government at a meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan in 2017.

The Damascus administration, Iran-backed terrorists and Russia continued their attacks and seized three out of four districts and headed for Idlib.

Although Türkiye reached an additional agreement with Russia to strengthen a cease-fire in September 2018, the attacks intensified again in May 2019.

After a new cease-fire deal for northwestern Syria was reached between Ankara and Moscow on March 5, 2020, the cease-fire was largely preserved.

About 2 million civilians fleeing the attacks were forced to migrate to areas near the Turkish border in the 2017-2020 period.