At least 23 people were killed in the air strikes of the Russian military in the rebel-controlled city of Idlib, according to the London-based Syrian center for monitoring the observance of human rights.
Independent confirmation of this information has not yet been reported.
It is reported that this is the most powerful bombardment since February, when it signed a ceasefire agreement.
According to activists, one of shells got to hospital. The head of the monitoring center Rami Abdulrahman said that among the victims were seven children, and the number of victims of air strikes may increase.
Idlib is considered one of the strongholds of rebel groups, including the”Front Nusra” associated with “al-Qaeda”.
In the Russian defense Ministry said that any air strikes in Idlib aircraft are not applied.
“There are no combat missions, and the more strikes, the Russian air force in Idlib province were not fulfilled. Encourage more critical of any horror stories from the British tandem in the face of the “Observatory of human rights in Syria” and news Agency Reuters”, he said.
Russia started a military operation in Syria in September last year, said that targets only the terrorists – first of all, the militants extremist group “Islamic state”.
While the opposition to Bashar al-Assad forces claim that the Russian strikes are primarily to Western-backed rebel groups.
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Image captionСпасатели assist stricken by iviaudio near Idlib
The agreement on the cessation of hostilities in Syria, brokered by Russia and the United States officially entered into force on 27 February.
The terms of the armistice do not apply to extremist groups, including the banned in Russia and many other countries of the grouping “Islamic state”.
