Three civilians killed as Assad warplanes bomb Idlib’s Kansafra

Assad warplanes conducted heavy airstrikes on Wednesday (July 19) on the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of Hama and Idlib countryside, killing and injuring civilians and causing material damage, Orient correspondents said.

Assad warplanes targeted on Wednesday afternoon Kansafra village in Idlib countryside, killing three civilians and a man and injuring at least 17 civilians, mostly children and women.

Meanwhile, Assad warplanes targeted Saraqib city in Idlib countryside, injuring a woman and causing substantial material damage.

Yesterday, Assad warplanes targeted the eastern outskirts of Idlib city and Sufuhen village, killing two civilians and injuring other civilians, including children.

Locals say that at least 500.000 people have been displaced by the Assad regime and Russian attacks, while the United Nations puts the number at 200.000.

Idlib, Hama countryside and Aleppo countryside are within the de-escalation zone deal reached by Russia and Turkey last September, it was largely violated but renewed on the twelfth of June 2019.