Russian air strikes on Syria's northwest on June 25 killed at least seven people, including four civilians, in retaliation for deadly drone attacks blamed on rebel forces, a war monitor said. "Four civilians were killed in Jisr al-Shughur and three rebel fighters were killed nearby by Russian air strikes," Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP. At least 25 civilians were wounded in the strikes on the rebel-held territory in Idlib Province, added Abdel Rahman, whose Britain-based monitor has a wide network of sources inside war-torn Syria.
Russian Strikes Kill Seven In Rebel-Held Syria, Says Monitor
An army vehicle drives past the ruins of a building during a Turkish and Russian military patrol in the countryside of Rumaylan in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh Province bordering Turkey, on April 27.