DAMASCUS: Syria and Russia have stepped up their bombing campaign against what they call “rebels”.
The bombing has killed a dozen civilians, including children.
Syria, an ally of Iran and Russia, has bombarded Aleppo and Idlib multiple times in October, the White Helmets said.
Russia and Syria step up bombing
According to the White Helmets, a Syrian volunteer emergency rescue group, at least 66 civilians have been killed, including 23 children and 13 women.
“The military escalation by al-Assad regime, the Russians, and the Iranians against civilians in northern Syria has not stopped for a single day, but it intensifies and weakens from time to time based on international, regional, and local circumstances,” a leader of opposition faction, Mustafa al-Bakour, said.
Syrian, Russia used cluster ammunition
According to the Human Rights Watch report, the Syrian government banned cluster ammunition in Termanin, a town in northern Idlib, on October 6, 2023.
“This attack was part of a larger military campaign by Syrian and Russian forces on opposition-held northwest Syria that started on October 5”, the HRW report said.
