IDLIB, Syria — Leaders of the opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) told Al-Monitor that a ballistic missile, launched from the Russian Khmeimim base in Latakia on March 21, landed near the Atma camp in the town of Qah, in Idlib province along the border with Turkey. The airstrike, which was seen by civilian eyewitnesses who spoke to Al-Monitor, killed livestock and injured a shepherd, who later died from his injuries.
The FSA sources said that Russian warplanes also launched a series of missiles that targeted the old customs office at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, commercial shipping carriers and a factory for manufacturing household gas canisters. The airstrikes caused a huge fire, which burnt nearby cars and killed a civilian, they said.
