Russian warplanes continued pounding de-escalation zones in Idlib, Hama countryside, and Aleppo in northwestern Syria for the fifth day in a row. The airraids killed a civilian and injured six others.
Syrian opposition factions retaliated by attacking Syrian regime positions near contact lines in the Aleppo countryside.
“Russian warplanes continued their raids for the fifth day in a row on separate areas in the countryside of Idlib and Hama with high-explosive missiles that reverberated across the Syrian-Turkish border,” activists in Idlib reported.
“As a result, a civilian was killed, and six others were wounded, who were taken to hospitals,” they added, reporting on panic that spread among civilians and farmers.
“Owners of cow and poultry farms and areas sheltering displaced people were more afraid as the largest number of air raids targeted animal farms in Idlib countryside and Aleppo,” activists reported, noting that six poultry farms were destroyed.
Adnan al-Omar, a humanitarian activist based in Idlib’s countryside, said that more than 13 Russian air raids were documented on Monday.
The airstrikes targeted towns and farms in the countryside of Idlib and Hama.
“The number of civilians killed as a result of Russian airstrikes on the (de-escalation) area in northwestern Syria, since the beginning of the new year (2022), has risen to six civilians, including a woman, while 17 others, including nine children, were seriously wounded,” said al-Omar.
The Russian escalation and air raids targeting civilians and vital economic facilities have led to a tense military situation between the opposition factions on the one hand and the Syrian regime forces and the militias supporting them on the other hand.
