Five children dead as Russia resumes bombing in northwest Syria
Tensions escalated on the Idlib front in the wake of the Astana talks held in Tehran as Russian airstrikes killed several children.
ALEPPO — Russia has resumed heavy airstrikes on opposition-held areas in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib.
On the morning of July 22, Russian warplanes struck a house on the outskirts of the town of al-Jadida in the Jisr al-Shughur countryside, killing seven people including five children and wounding more than 12 others, mostly women and children.
The Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, tweeted July 22, “Seven civilians, including four children from one family, were killed, and 12 others, including eight children, were injured. The Russian military struck a poultry farm inhabited by displaced persons on the outskirts of al-Jadida village and civilian homes on the outskirts of al-Janoudiyah village in the western countryside of Idlib."
The White Helmets and local rescue networks published photos and video showing the destruction caused by the recent Russian strikes as well as the efforts to extract those trapped under the rubble.
