IDLIB, Syria: A Russian airstrike Tuesday targeted a military post of a group linked to Al-Qaeda in northwest Syria killing at least six militants, medical officials and a war monitor said.
The airstrike on the Jabal Al-Zawiya area in the northwestern province of Idlib came two days after another airstrike on a busy vegetable market in the same province killed at least nine people.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said the Tuesday morning airstrike killed eight militants and wounded other members of the Al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, or HTS.
Medical officials in the area said the strike killed six militants and wounded others.
It is not uncommon to have conflicting figures of casualties in the aftermath of airstrikes on Idlib province, the last remaining rebel stronghold in war-torn Syria.
Russia joined the war in September 2015, helping tip the balance of power in favor of President Bashar Assad in the 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 which is also home to other factions including Turkiye-backed groups. Turkiye has been a main backer of the opposition since the conflict began and has troops deployed in northern Syria.
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Russia strike kills at least 6 Al-Qaeda militants in Syria, medical officials, war monitor say
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Russia strike kills at least 6 Al-Qaeda militants in Syria, medical officials, war monitor say
- The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said the Tuesday morning airstrike killed eight militants
- Medical officials in the area said the strike killed six militants and wounded others
Kuwait emir lambasts ‘brutal’ Iran attacks, affirms right to self-defense
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s emir on Monday condemned Iran’s attacks on his country, where 12 people have been killed so far, as Tehran strikes out at the Gulf in response to US-Israeli attacks.
“Our country has been subjected to a brutal attack by a neighboring Muslim country, which we consider a friend, even though we have not permitted the use of our land, airspace, or coasts for any military action against it, and we have repeatedly informed them of this through our diplomatic channels,” said Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in a televised speech.
He also insisted on Kuwait’s “full and inherent right to self-defense,” speaking for the first time since Iran’s attacks began on February 28.
“Our country has been subjected to a brutal attack by a neighboring Muslim country, which we consider a friend, even though we have not permitted the use of our land, airspace, or coasts for any military action against it, and we have repeatedly informed them of this through our diplomatic channels,” said Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in a televised speech.
He also insisted on Kuwait’s “full and inherent right to self-defense,” speaking for the first time since Iran’s attacks began on February 28.
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