Russian airstrikes on Tuesday on a military post of an al-Qaeda-linked group in northwestern Syria killed at least six militants
Posted Date – Wed Jun 28 23 12:30am
Idlib: Russian air strikes on Tuesday targeted a military outpost of an al-Qaeda-linked group in northwestern Syria, killing at least six militants, medical officials and a war monitor said.
At least nine people were killed in an airstrike in the Jabal al-Zawiya area of northwestern Idlib province, two days after a busy wet market in the province was hit.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the opposition war monitor, said the airstrike on Tuesday morning killed eight militants and wounded other members of the al-Qaeda-linked Hahrir al-Sham (HTS) group.
Medical officials in the area said the attack killed six militants and wounded many others.
Conflicting casualty figures after airstrikes in Idlib province, the last rebel stronghold in war-torn Syria, are not uncommon.
Russia entered the war in September 2015, helping to tip the balance of power in favor of President Bashar al-Assad in a 12-year conflict that has killed half a million people.
Neither Syrian nor Russian authorities commented on Tuesday’s airstrike.
HTS is the most powerful group in the region and is home to other factions including Turkey-backed groups.
Turkey has been the main backer of the opposition and has deployed troops in northern Syria since the start of the conflict.
