STORY: War planes flying at high altitude, which tracking centres said were Russian Sukhoi jets, dropped bombs on a vegetable market in Jisr al-Shughour while it was crowded with shoppers ahead of the Muslim Eid feast, leaving at least nine dead and 30 injured, the Western-backed White Helmets emergency response group said.
White Helmets posted a video of the group’s rescue operation at the bombed site.
Reuters was not able to independently verify the date or location where the video was filmed.
Witnesses and rescuers said jets also hit villages in the mountainous Jabal al Zawya region and the western outskirts of Idlib city, which fall within a buffer zone carved out by Russia and Turkey that ended major fighting nearly five years ago.
No immediate comment was available from Russia or its allies in the Syrian army, whose artillery pounded rebel During past outbreaks of fighting, Damascus and Russia have said they only target insurgent groups and deny indiscriminate attacks on civilians.areas in the countryside west of Aleppo.
