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Intense air strikes by Russia, an ally of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, have targeted the rebel-held Idlib region in northwestern Syria since June 20. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), air strikes on June 25 killed at least 13 people, including children, and one attack hit a fruit and vegetable market near Idlib. The SOHR considers these strikes to be the deadliest since the beginning of the year. Our Observer, an Idlib resident, documented their impact through videos.
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Russian warplanes launched seven strikes on June 27 on the outskirts of the village of Serjah in the Jabal Zawiya region, south of Idlib, according to the SOHR. The group did not detail whether the strikes caused any casualties.
The day before, our Observer, Muhammad (not his real name), sent the FRANCE 24 Observers team a video showing him and his daughter in the village of Jabal Zawiya, devastated by consecutive attacks.
Our Observer sent us this video of his neighbourhood in Jabal Zawiya, devastated by airstrikes, on June 27.
These air strikes are part of an upsurge in Russian attacks in Idlib and neighbouring Latakia since June 20.
Nine civilians, including two children, were killed and 30 people wounded during an air raid on a market on June 25 in Jisr al-Shughur, near the Turkish border.
“They were farmers who had come to sell their harvest […]. The attack took place in the run-up to Eid al Adha [celebrated…
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