At least 12 dead in air strikes on Syria markets

At least 12 civilians including two children were killed and dozens more wounded on Tuesday in air strikes that hit food markets in two northwestern Syrian towns, a monitor said, reports AFP.
"At least seven civilians including a child were killed in raids on a fish market in Kafranbel and five others -- also including a child -- died in similar strikes on a vegetable market in Maaret al-Numan" in Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that the strikes were likely carried out by regime forces.
Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front is present across much of Idlib province and recently made inroads into Maaret al-Numan.

 

At least 12 dead in air strikes on Syria markets

At least 12 civilians including two children were killed and dozens more wounded on Tuesday in air strikes that hit food markets in two northwestern Syrian towns, a monitor said, reports AFP. At least seven civilians including a child were killed in raids on a fish market in Kafranbel and five others -- also including a child -- died in similar strikes on a vegetable market in Maaret al-Numan in Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, adding that the strikes were likely carried out by regime forces. Syrias Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra Front is present across much of Idlib province and recently made inroads into Maaret al-Numan.