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| Russian military patrol from Qamishli, heading towards the city of Amûdê |
"These attacks should come to an end immediately," Turkey said Tuesday after sending a delegation to Moscow to discuss the flare-up.
Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Ankara was pressing for a new ceasefire to replace the August agreement.
The French foreign ministry called for "an immediate de-escalation". "The military offensive by the Damascus regime and its allies is worsening the humanitarian crisis" in Idlib, it said in a statement.
Presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Ankara was pressing for a new ceasefire to replace the August agreement.
The French foreign ministry called for "an immediate de-escalation". "The military offensive by the Damascus regime and its allies is worsening the humanitarian crisis" in Idlib, it said in a statement.
According to an AFP report, heightened regime and Russian bombardment has hit the jihadist-held province of Idlib since mid-December, as regime forces make steady advances on the ground despite an August ceasefire and UN calls for a de-escalation. Nearly 80 civilians have been killed by air strikes and artillery attacks over the same period, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which estimates that more than 40,000 people have been displaced in recent weeks.
Tuesday's strikes targeted the village of Jubass near the town of Saraqeb in southern Idlib, killing civilians sheltering in a school and nearby, said the Britain-based Observatory, which has a network of contacts across Syria.
The site of the attack was strewn with destroyed tents and smoking debris, said an AFP correspondent there.
Standing amid the wreckage, Hassan -- who has been living in the informal settlement -- said he was trying to leave when the attack happened.
"As we were packing the car an air strike hit us," he said.
The United Nations children's agency UNICEF on Tuesday condemned the violence in Syria's last major opposition bastion. Adding that children are bearing the brunt of intensifying violence in northwest Syria," it said in a statement.
The escalation came as Damascus loyalists advanced on the ground. Since Thursday, regime forces have taken control of dozens of towns and villages in southern Idlib following battles with jihadists.
40 villages are reportedly under the control of the Regime forces currently, with the Arab Army pressing on in the fight against the Jihadists.
The Government Army in a statement said the civilians should avoid the rebel areas and if possible move to the already captured villages by the Assad troops.
There have been balance of forces and powers in Syria, in favour of Damascus regime since Russian President Vladimir Putin stepped into the civil war in behalf of the Damascus government against the America and Western powers backed rebels meant to take down the Assad government.
the Russian and Regime armies position is that the Western medias are always busy reporting the every attack and movement of the pro-Syrian forces with absolute negligence and lack of reportage of the atrocities of the jihadist rebels.
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