Jets hit Syrian opposition outpost near Turkish border

03/04/2017| IslamWeb

Jets believed to be Russian hit an outpost run by opposition forces in northwestern Syria near a major border crossing with Turkey, killing at least one fighter and wounding several people, two opposition sources said on Sunday.

They said several raids overnight hit Babeska, a village in Idlib province that has become a haven for several Free Syrian Army (FSA) groups, mainly Jaish al Islam, a major insurgent group that controls the last major opposition stronghold on the doorstep of the Syrian capital.

Jaish al Islam is a signatory to a fragile ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey at the end of last year. Opposition says Russia has failed to put pressure on the Syrian regime to ensure the ceasefire holds.

The village also houses hundreds of families and fighters from the Damascus suburb of Daraya which was evacuated by opposition and surrendered to regime control last year.

War jets also believed to be Russian also struck Urum al Kubra town in opposition-held western Aleppo countryside where five civilians were killed, in an area that witnessed fighting between opposition forces and the Syrian regime, opposition sources said.

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Boys play on a wrecked car in the opposition-held besieged Douma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria April 1, 2017. Picture taken April 1, 2017.

REUTERS