Family of nine killed as Russian warplane targets minibus in Aleppo countryside

Russian warplanes and Assad helicopters intensified bombardment on Idlib and Aleppo countryside on Monday (February 3), killing and injuring civilians, including children and women, Orient correspondent said.

A Russian warplane killed nine forcibly displaced civilians from the same family in their minibus, including four children and three women near Kafr Naha town in Aleppo countryside as they were fleeing Assad-Russian bombardment

Meanwhile, Russian warplanes targeted civilian homes in al-Atarib town, injuring nine civilians, including women and children.

On Sunday, Russian warplanes and Assad helicopters killed 16 civilians, including five children and four women and injuring 23 others, including six children and four women in Idlib and Aleppo countryside.

On Wednesday midnight Russian warplanes bombed al-Shami Hospital, a bakery and civilian homes in the city of Ariha in Idlib countryside, killing 13 civilians, including a doctor, four children and six women and injuring 68 others, including 13 children and 15 women.

Assad-Russian warplanes have committed dozens of massacres in Idlib and Hama countryside since they launched their bombing campaign on the 30th of April, largely violating the de-escalation zone deal reached between Russia and Turkey.