Syrian army attack injures 7 civilians including children in Idlib

By Ahmet Karaahmet

IDLIB, Syria (AA) - Seven civilians, including two children and a woman, were injured in an attack by Syrian regime forces in the northwest, the White Helmets civil defense organization said Saturday.

The Syrian army and its supporters stationed in the village of Khan al-Sabil in the south of Idlib launched an attack with surface-to-surface weapons on the town of Jericho in the south of Idlib.

The injured were referred to nearby hospitals for treatment.

A Russian warplane, which took off from the Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia at noon local time, launched an airstrike on the village of Betinte in the north of Idlib, according to information received from the opposition aircraft observatory.

A total of 36 civilians, including 10 children and four women, were killed and 218 civilians, including 50 children and 30 women, were wounded in attacks by the army in the last week, according to the information received from the White Helmets.

- Situation in Idlib

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 the 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.

From 2017 - 2020, about 2 million civilians fleeing attacks were forced to migrate to areas near the Turkish border.