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24 killed in air strikes on Syria?s Idlib
Syrian opposition cautiously welcomes US-Russia truce deal
BEIRUT: Air strikes that hit a market and areas of the rebel-held **rthwestern city of Idlib on Saturday killed 24 people, a monitor said, a day after Russia and the US agreed a truce for Syria. It was **t immediately clear who carried out the raids that also hit several neighbourhoods in Idlib and wounded at least 90 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based monitor could **t immediately confirm how many of the casualties were civilians saying some bodies "were burned beyond recognition". An AFP photographer in Idlib saw men clambering over rubble, in just slippers or sandals, to help evacuate wounded, dust-covered residents and children from a collapsing building. Others tried to lift a bloodied shopper who had collapsed on the ground as a fire raged in a nearby open-air clothes market. A man, with a head wound, walked away clutching the hand of a barefooted boy. The raids also destroyed several shops and cars in the area. After marathon talks in Geneva, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said a ceasefire would begin Monday, the first day of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Azha. If the deal is implemented, Syria’s armed forces would stop air strikes on rebel-held areas and desperately-needed aid would reach war-weary civilians. UN investigators last week said aerial bombardment by Syrian forces and their Russian ally, namely in Idlib and Aleppo, were causing huge civilian casualties and destroying vital infrastructure. Since spring 2015, most of Idlib province has been held by an alliance of rebels, Islamists, and jihadists k**wn as the Army of Conquest. The Army of Conquest -- led by the Fateh al-Sham Front, which changed its name from Al-Nusra Front after re**uncing ties with al-Qaeda -- is regularly bombarded by pro-government forces. More than 290,000 people have been killed since Syria’s conflict first erupted in March 2011, and several attempts at securing a long-lasting truce have faltered. Meanwhile, Syrian opposition umbrella group said on Saturday it welcomed a complex truce deal brokered by Moscow and Washington provided it was ho**ured by the regime. "We hope this will be the beginning of the end of the civilians’ ordeal," leading High Negotiations Committee member Bassma Kodmani said. "We welcome the deal if it is going to be enforced," she told the BBC, and said the HNC was "absolutely in favour" of a cessation of hostilities. In comments to AFP, she said the HNC "cautiously welcomed" the agreement. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the truce, reached in Geneva late on Friday, would come into force on Monday, the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Azha. The two powers back opposing sides in the conflict, with Moscow supporting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and Washington backing a coalition of rebel groups it regards as moderate. But if Russia is able to pressure Assad to respect the ceasefire for a week, Moscow and Washington will set up a joint coordination unit and begin joint air strikes against agreed "terrorist" targets. The two governments regard both the Islamic State group and its Jihadist rival, former al-Qaeda affiliate the Fateh al-Sham Front, as "terrorist" organisations and both are excluded from the ceasefire plan. But Islamist rebel groups have been closely allied with Fateh al-Sham in fighting pro-government forces in **rthern Syria, drawing repeated rebukes from Moscow. Kodmani said the rebels would break ranks with the jihadists if the truce deal held. "The moderate groups will reorganise and distance themselves from the radical groups. We will do our part," she said. أكثر... ??????? ??????: 24 killed in air strikes on Syria?s Idlib || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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