Syria – Idlib: At least 11 civilians killed by army bombing

At least 11 civilians were killed Wednesday (20/10) in a bombing by the Syrian army in a residential area in the rebel-held city of Arica. Syria.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as reported by the Athens News Agency, announced that eight people were killed in the bombing of Ariha, of which five were civilians, while there were 26 wounded.

The bombing was carried out by advanced Syrian army outposts shortly after 13 members of the Syrian armed forces were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Damascus. The shells pounded residential areas of Ariha, located in Idlib province.

The victims include students, as the bombing took place while children were going to school, eyewitnesses and medical staff told the pocket, which is controlled by the guerrillas.

A French Agency reporter on the scene saw at least five bodies and panic scenes in the streets of Aricha.

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