Assad regime air strikes kill at least 13 civilians in north-western Syria, first responders as bombardment of last rebel stronghold intensifies
People watch as smoke billows after Syrian regime forces reportedly bombed the Aleppo countryside. May 28, 2019.
New satellite images show fields, orchards and olive groves burning in north-west Syria, where the regime forces have waged a renewed assault since April 30 against the opposition and rebels in their last major stronghold. Syrian regime news agency SANA said on Tuesday that militants had shelled villages in the northern Hama countryside, damaging houses and burning wheat fields.Tuesday's strikes on a busy street in the village of Kafr Halab, on the western edge of Aleppo province, killed at least nine civilians, according to the monitor.
"The facility is reportedly out of service due to severe structural damage," he told AFP news agency."The hospital is completely out of service," he said.Rescue volunteers and civilians were seen pulling dust-covered victims from the rubble of destroyed buildings in the wake of those strikes. UN deputy aid chief Ursula Mueller told the Security Council on Tuesday that aid agencies have been forced to suspend their work in some areas, she said, adding that 22 hospitals and clinics had been hit by air strikes or shelling since April 28.Claims about chemical attack
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