
Air strikes hit hospitals and camps in northwest Syria - U.N.
Syrian government air strikes hit hospitals and camps in Idlib province, the UN says.
Government air strikes have hit hospitals and camps for displaced people in northwest Syria and killed about 300 civilians as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces press an assault against the last rebel stronghold, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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Picture: Syrians search for victims and survivors under the rubble of a building following a regime air strike on Ariha town in Syria's last major opposition bastion of Idlib on January 15, 2020. Credit: AFP via Getty Images.
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