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3 Children, Mother Killed in Idlib after Building Collapsed


Fri 11 Feb 2022 | 10:06 AM
Ahmad El-Assasy

According to the opposition Syrian Civil Defence, or White Helmets, a building collapse in northwest Syria killed a lady and three of her children in Idlib, but her husband and three other children survived, according to The Syrian Observer.

The building on the outskirts of Idleb's southern outskirts collapsed on Wednesday night, after weeks of rain and snow in northwest Syria.

Rescue operations in the two-story structure lasted roughly four hours, according to the White Helmets. According to the group, the mother and one of her children were already dead when rescuers arrived, and two other children died from their wounds shortly afterward.

The father and three additional children were rescued alive later that night and taken to the hospital for treatment.

Idleb province is Syria's final rebel bastion, with a population of almost 3 million people, many of whom are internally displaced.

Syria's crisis began in March 2011 and has resulted in the deaths of almost half a million people as well as the displacement of half of the country's pre-war population of 23 million people.

Days ago, the Syrian air defenses repelled the Israeli missile aggression in Damascus vicinity that left one soldier dead and five others wounded.

Around 12:56 a.m., the Israeli warplanes launched missiles from the direction of southeastern Beirut, targeting some points in Damascus, according to a military source.

The source added that about 01:10 a.m., they launched another aggression with surface-to-ground missiles from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan to some points in Damascus.

Accordingly, the Syrian air defenses intercepted the missiles launched by the enemy and downed some of them. Reports revealed that following the aggression, it was found that a soldier got martyred and five others were wounded, in addition to material losses.

The aggression also caused material damages to the citizens’ houses and their property in Qudsayya City, northwest of Damascus, SANA News Agency reported.