28 January 2016•Update: 28 January 2016
By Halit Suleyman
IDLIB, Syria
Eighteen civilians were killed and another 28 injured Thursday when Russian airstrikes targeted Kafr Takharim town in Idlib province, Syrian civil defense sources told Anadolu Agency.
The sources said Thursday that Russian warplanes targeted a mosque and a residential area in the town, which is under opposition control.
Also, in Rif Dimashq province’s Douma city, three civilians were killed and another 15 injured Thursday in Syrian regime shelling on residential areas, civil defense sources told Anadolu Agency.
Russian airstrikes have intensified on the cities of Idlib, Aleppo, Hama and Homs, in addition to rural areas in Latakia, Daraa and southern Damascus.
The indiscriminate airstrikes have leveled mosques, hospitals, bakeries and schools.
The ongoing Syrian civil war has left more than 250,000 people dead and has turned the country into the world’s single-largest source of refugees and displaced persons, according to UN figures.
