Regime Shelling Kills 6 Civilians, Including Child, in Syria’s Idlib

Shelling by Syrian regime forces killed six civilians, including a child, Thursday, in the Idlib region of northwest Syria.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) revealed that regime shelling on the outskirts of the north Idlib town of Fuaa caused death of the six civilians, noting that seven others are in critical conditions.

In a separate attack on the Idlib village of Iblin, more than 35 kilometers south (22 miles) from Fuaa, SOHR added that the regime shelling killed three other people, including two children, and injured four.

Since June, government forces have stepped up shelling of opposition groups dominating the Idlib region, who in turn, have responded by targeting regime positions in surrounding areas.

Earlier this month, regime shelling on southern Idlib killed nine people, including five members of the same family, in one of the deadliest violations of the truce.

The Idlib region, which is home to more than three million people, is the last part of Syria controlled by opposition or extremist groups.