Children killed by Assad artillery shells in Hama countryside

Two children were killed and a woman was injured on Saturday (March 23) after the Assad regime's artillery shells hit a village in Hama northern countryside, Orient News correspondent said.

The two girls died of their wounds after they were taken to hospital from the village of Kerkat for treatment, the White Helmets rescuers tweeted.   

Two young sisters, Maryam and Zaileh Al-Ahmad were killed, and another woman was injured, after artillery shelling by the regime forces targeted #Alkerkat town in western #Hama this evening. The bodies of the children were retrieved and the woman transported to a medical point. pic.twitter.com/80xq5phIHO

— The White Helmets (@SyriaCivilDef) March 23, 2019

Earlier on Friday Russian warplanes killed 15 civilians, including children and women after they targeted the villages of Kafriyya and Foua in Idlib countryside.

Cities and towns in Idlib are still targeted by Russian warplanes and Assad shells where the biggest part of Syria held by opposition fighters, with a population swollen by Syrians who were displaced or evacuated following the Assad regime and its allies’ advances in other parts of the country.