Russian jets bomb rebel-held Idlib in Syria, witnesses say

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of Kafr Arouk camp for internally displaced after a heavy rainfall in Idlib, Syria December 20, 2021. Picture taken with a drone on December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

AMMAN (Reuters) - Russian jets bombed areas near the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Sunday, witnesses and rebel sources said, marking a new year flare-up for the last opposition-held bastion.

War planes flying at high altitude, which tracking centres said were Russian Sukhoi jets, dropped bombs on several towns and a main water pumping station serving the overcrowded city of Idlib, whose wider population is more than a million.