Dozens of Syrians die in Russian strikes

BEIRUT: Dozens of civilians, including five children, were killed on Monday in air strikes on northwest Syria by regime ally Russia despite a truce declared by Moscow, a war monitor said.

The raids hit several villages held by Jihadists and rebels in the western countryside of Aleppo province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Three girls were killed in the village of Kfar Taal while four civilians, including two other children, died in separate strikes that hit other villages in the area, said the Britain-based monitor.

Idlib and parts of Aleppo, Hama and Latakia provinces, are dominated by the

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a group dominated by Syria’s former Al-Qaeda affiliate. The northwestern region has come under mounting bombardment in recent weeks that displaced tens of thousands of people.