Six civilians, including two children, were killed as a result of regime forces' missile strikes on random camps for the displaced in northwestern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

An Agence France-Presse correspondent at the scene said that in the early hours of the morning, the missiles hit a camp and gatherings for the displaced in the Kafr Jales area, west of Idlib city.

Civil defense teams and residents rushed to help the wounded and transported them to nearby hospitals, where an AFP reporter saw two girls whose bodies were wrapped in blankets and laid on the ground.

The bombing resulted in the killing of six displaced people, including two children, and the injury of more than 20 others, according to the Syrian Observatory, which reported that more than 30 missiles fell on several areas west of Idlib city, including the camps.

The missile shelling, according to the observatory, comes a day after five members of the regime forces were killed in a bombing by a faction of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham against their positions in southwest Idlib.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) and other less influential opposition factions control about half of Idlib and limited areas adjacent to the governorates of Hama, Aleppo and Latakia. The region is home to three million people, about half of whom are internally displaced.

Since March 6, 2020, a ceasefire has been in effect in the rebel-held areas announced by Moscow, an ally of Damascus, and Turkey, which supports the fighting factions, after a massive attack by the regime forces, during which they managed to control half of Idlib.

The area witnesses from time to time mutual bombardment by several parties, as well as raids by the regime forces and Russia, although the ceasefire is still largely holding.

Since 2011, Syria has been witnessing a bloody conflict that has killed nearly half a million people, caused massive destruction to infrastructure and productive sectors, and led to the displacement and displacement of millions of people inside and outside the country.
Source: AFP