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Syrian army shelling kills at least 11 people in Idlib’s Ariha

Several school children are reportedly among the victims of shelling on the city in the rebel-held region of northwestern Syria.

At least 11 people have been killed in a Syrian army shelling of residential areas of the rebel-held city of Ariha in Idlib province, according to witnesses and rescue workers.

Wednesday’s shelling from Syrian army outposts, which came shortly after a roadside bomb killed at least 14 military personnel in Damascus, fell on residential areas in the city in Idlib.

Among the casualties were several school children, witnesses and medical workers in the opposition enclave were cited as saying by the news agency Reuters.

United Nations children’s agency UNICEF confirmed the death of four children in the bombardment.

“Today’s violence is yet another reminder that the war in Syria has not come to an end. Civilians, among them many children, keep bearing the brunt of a brutal decade-long conflict,” it said in a statement.

Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency said government forces and Iran-backed groups targeted a market place in the Ariha town centre.

Wednesday’s bombardment was one of the deadliest to rattle an Idlib truce deal that was reached in March 2020 and brokered by Turkey and Russia, the two main foreign brokers in the conflict.

The Idlib region is the last part of the country that has not fallen under government control, more than a decade into Syria’s war.

Source
Aljazeera

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