One child was killed and two others injured on Monday amid shelling by the Syrian Bashar al-Assad regime and Iran-affiliated terrorist groups, in breach of the truce in the northwestern Idlib de-escalation zone.
Regime forces stationed in the Jurin area of northwestern Hama violated the cease-fire by shelling the villages of Hmeymet on the M4 highway south of Idlib and Kulaidan, Zakoom, and Qatsoun in Hama's western countryside.
Another child killed, 2 others injured in attack by Bashar Assad regime in Syria’s northwestern Idlib, as regime continues its cease-fire violationshttps://t.co/crPq7ZJ3Rw
— DAILY SABAH (@DailySabah) July 12, 2021
One girl was killed in the attack, while two other children were injured and taken to nearby hospitals.
Idlib falls within a de-escalation zone forged under an agreement between Turkey and Russia in March 2020.
The Syrian regime, however, has consistently violated the terms of the cease-fire, launching frequent attacks inside the de-escalation zone.
Syria has been mired in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests with unexpected ferocity.
Sawsan Summaq, from Idlib, Assad regime burned her beautiful face, she sleeps with her eyes open because she doesn’t have eyelids anymore.
— Asaad Hanna (@AsaadHannaa) March 14, 2021
Photo from @tamer_turkmane archive. pic.twitter.com/GijeCF81Yy
Over the past decade, around half a million people have been killed and more than 12 million had to flee their homes.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
