Regime airstrikes kill 11 in Syria’s Idlib province

By Mohamed Misto

IDLIB, Syria

At least 11 people were killed and dozens of others injured on Wednesday by regime airstrikes in Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province, a local civil defense source told Anadolu Agency.

According to the source, who preferred anonymity due to security concerns, regime warplanes targeted the center of province, including a market in Idlib’s town of Ariha, where 11 people were killed and another 28 injured.

Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests -- which erupted as part of that year’s "Arab Spring" uprisings -- with unexpected ferocity.

Since then, more than a quarter of a million people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced across the war-battered country, according to UN figures.

*Reporting by Mohamed Misto; Writing by Ali Abo Rezeg