Beirut - Regime and Russian aircraft pounded Syria's last major rebel bastion of Idlib with missiles and barrel bombs on yesterday, killing at least two children, a monitor said. "Regime helicopters dropped more than 60 barrel bombs on the village of Hobait in Idlib's southern countryside," Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said. Some of the heaviest bombardment in weeks hit Idlib and nearby areas on Saturday, killing at least nine civilians, according to the Observatory. Hundreds of families have fled Idlib's southeastern areas since Saturday, when Russian and regime strikes on the region were the most violent in a month, the Observatory said. Regime troops have for weeks been massing around Idlib, after President Bashar al-Assad's regime retook control of other areas of the country earlier this year.

Source: Philippine Star September 09, 2018 16:52 UTC