Syria: Assad regime kills 1 civilian in Idlib region

IDLIB, Syria

A civilian was killed in Syria and three others wounded on Monday in a regime attack on a vehicle in the northwestern province of Idlib.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Hassan al-Ahmad, a media official for the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, said the Bashar al-Assad regime forces targeted a vehicle carrying civilians in a missile strike near Al-Barah village in the southern countryside of Idlib.

The injured were taken by the civil defense members to hospitals in the area, he said.

In May 2017, Turkey, Russia and Iran announced that they had reached an agreement to establish a de-escalation zone in Idlib, as part of the Astana talks on Syria.

Despite subsequent understandings that were concluded for the ceasefire in Idlib, the most recent of which was last January, the regime forces and their allies continued their attacks on the region.

Since January 2019, the attacks have killed more than 1,800 civilians and displaced more than 1.94 million people who fled to relatively calm areas or close to the Turkish border.

On March 5, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russia's Vladimir Putin announced that they had reached a ceasefire agreement in Idlib, which took effect the next day.

IDLIB, Syria

A civilian was killed in Syria and three others wounded on Monday in a regime attack on a vehicle in the northwestern province of Idlib.

The injured were taken by the civil defense members to hospitals in the area, he said.

In May 2017, Turkey, Russia and Iran announced that they had reached an agreement to establish a de-escalation zone in Idlib, as part of the Astana talks on Syria.

Despite subsequent understandings that were concluded for the ceasefire in Idlib, the most recent of which was last January, the regime forces and their allies continued their attacks on the region.

Since January 2019, the attacks have killed more than 1,800 civilians and displaced more than 1.94 million people who fled to relatively calm areas or close to the Turkish border.

On March 5, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russia's Vladimir Putin announced that they had reached a ceasefire agreement in Idlib, which took effect the next day.