UPDATE - 8 civilians killed in airstrikes on Idlib city center

UPDATES CASUALTY FIGURES

By Ahmet Karaahmet, Esref Musa and Mehmet Burak Karacaoglu

IDLIB (AA) - Eight civilians were killed and 63 others wounded in airstrikes by the Assad regime and Russian aircraft on Idlib city center in northwestern Syria.

According to the information received from local sources, the Assad regime and Russian aircraft launched at least 9 airstrikes on Idlib city center since Sunday morning.

In these strikes so far, 8 civilians were killed and 63 others, including 30 children and 8 women, were wounded.

The airstrikes primarily targeted a marketplace and a civilian settlement in the city.

The fighting erupted on Nov. 27 between Assad regime forces and anti-regime armed groups in the western countryside of Aleppo province in northern Syria.

Since last week, the anti-regime armed groups have made rapid progress from the western countryside toward the city center, capturing much of it by Saturday.

The armed groups took control of the town of Khan Shaykhun later Saturday, establishing control over all of Idlib.

*Writing by Efe Ozkan