Syrian military keeps shelling Idlib despite demilitarized zone

Turkish military patrols in the demilitarized zone in Idlib haven't kept the Syrian regime from shelling the area, and a Syrian opposition faction says it will respond in kind.
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An injured person is carried on stretcher into an ambulance after an airstrike on location targeted by government forces in Khan Sheikhoun, Idlib, Syria, Feb. 26, 2019, seen in a still taken from video. - ReutersTV/via REUTERS
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ALEPPO, Syria — The Syrian regime continues to bomb civilians in the demilitarized zone in northwestern Syria's Idlib province, last week carrying out a horrific massacre in the town of Kafr Nabl.

The regime used cluster munitions in the April 4 attack, according to media activist Sanaa al-Ali from Kafr Nabl.

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