Russian jets said to step up strikes on Syrian rebel enclave


  • World
  • Sunday, 25 Jun 2023

A general view of the aftermath of a Russian air strike at Jisr al-Shughour, Syria June 25, 2023 in this screen grab taken from a handout video. White Helmets/Handout via REUTERS

AMMAN (Reuters) - Russian jets bombed villages and towns near the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib on Sunday, killing at least nine civilians and wounding dozens in a major flare-up of violence in the country's last opposition stronghold, witnesses and rescuers said.

War planes flying at high altitude, which tracking centres said were Russian Sukhoi jets, dropped bombs on a vegetable market in Jisr al-Shughour while it was crowded with shoppers ahead of the Muslim Eid feast, leaving at least nine dead and 30 injured, the Western-backed White Helmets emergency response group said.

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