11 civilians killed in Syrian airstrikes
Local defense source tells Anadolu Agency army jet bombed residential area
IDLIB, SYRIA - DECEMBER 04: Civilians with search and rescue team members inspect the blast site to rescue victims after Assad regime forces' air-strike over civilians at a bazaar in residential areas of Maarrat al-Nu'man District of Idlib, Syria on December 04, 2016. Several casualties with death, reported.
By Halit Suleyman
IDLIB, Syria
A Syrian fighter jet killed 11 civilians in the northwestern Syrian city of Idlib late Monday.
A local defense official, Leys Faris, told Anadolu Agency that the Syrian army jet bombed a residential region south of the downtown area controlled by the opposition.
Eleven civilians were killed, including women and children, and others were also injured, Faris said.
On Sunday, 53 civilians were killed in airstrikes by regime forces in Maarrat al-Nu'man and Kafr Nabl near Idlib.
Syria has been locked in a devastating civil war since early
Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and millions more displaced by the conflict.
*Reporting by Halit Suleyman; Writing by Can
