At least six people were killed and scores more were injured early on Sunday when Syrian government forces shelled tent communities housing families who had been displaced by the country's conflict in the rebel-held northwest, according to opposition war monitors and first responders.
The bombardment is the most recent infraction of a ceasefire negotiated between Russia and Turkey in March 2020 that put a halt to a government onslaught on Idlib province, the last significant rebel-held stronghold in Syria, that was supported by Russia.
Over the past two years, the truce has been routinely broken, resulting in scores of deaths and injuries.
Six people were killed and 25 were injured as government forces launched roughly 30 rockets at rebel-held areas, including the Maram camp, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor. It claimed that among the deceased were a wife and two children.The tent community is located close to the northwest of Idlib, the provincial capital.
The observatory noted that in retaliation, rebel factions fired artillery and missiles at government positions in the al-Ghab plain and the Saraqib region to the east of Idlib.
In shelling that targeted at least six camps west of the city, the opposition's Syrian Civil Defense, commonly known as the White Helmets, stated that six people—including two children and a woman—were killed and 75 others were injured.
The most potent insurgent group in Idlib, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which has ties to al-Qaida, was shelled, according to the pro-government Sham FM radio station. It stated that the locations were also bombarded by Syrian and Russian airplanes.
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