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.
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
Pro-Palestinian flotilla announces new mission to Gaza
- Israel controls Gaza's borders and scrutinises all aid coming into the territory
TUNIS: A flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists who attempted to reach Gaza last year will set sail for the besieged territory again next month, one member told AFP on Friday.
The Global Sumud Flotilla said the new mission set for March 29 would be "the largest coordinated humanitarian intervention for Palestine in history" and will mobilise "thousands from over 100 countries".
"We will be sailing from Barcelona, Tunis, Italy and many other ports not yet made public," Brazilian activist Thiago Avila told AFP.
The group said an overland convoy would also leave for Gaza on the same day, without specifying from where.
The campaigners sought to break an Israeli blockade by delivering aid to Gaza by sea last October, before they were intercepted by Israel, detained and deported.
Israel controls Gaza's borders and scrutinises all aid coming into the territory.
The activists describe their actions as a "non-violent response to genocide, siege, mass starvation, and the destruction of civilian life in Gaza".
