Escalation in Syria's Idlib rattles months-old truce

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Air strikes and shelling killed eight civilians in northwestern Syria Tuesday after deadly clashes between pro-government forces and militants ...

KAFR NABL: Air strikes and shelling killed eight civilians in northwestern Syria on Tuesday after deadly clashes between pro-government forces and militants rattled a months-old truce and sparked a new wave of displacement.

The region of some three million people is under the control of a former Al-Qaeda affiliate in one of the last parts of Syria President Bashar al-Assad has yet to take back. "Overflights by warplanes and shelling have been relentless," said the father of three, his blue pick-up truck stacked with mattresses, bed sheets and household appliances.

But, the air and artillery bombardment continued for an eighth straight day, killing eight civilians, the war monitor said.State news agency SANA said Syrian troops launched rocket attacks on armed groups in northwestern Hama province on Tuesday, killing several fighters, but it did not provide any toll.

The United Nations says nine schools in the Idlib region have been hit in the latest flare-up since April 30 and many more have closed their doors indefinitely. It remains unclear whether the Syrian government and its Russian ally are planning to launch a full-scale assault, but Aaron Lund of the Century Foundation said"a limited offensive into Idlib, peeling off a few areas, should be easily within their capabilities.

 

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