ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least two civilians were killed, and eight others were injured due to Syrian regime shelling in eastern rebel-held Idlib on Friday night, a war monitor reported.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based war monitor, reported that Syrian army shelling targeted the Taftanaz town in rebel-held Idlib on Friday night, killing two, including a child, and injuring eight others.
The Syrian Civil Defense volunteer rescue services, also known as the White Helmets said on X that at least six children were injured in the attack.
The area is among a stretch of frontline between Syrian government forces and the jihadist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the former Syrian branch of al-Qaeda.