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| Syria conflict: Schoolchildren killed in Idlib air raids | Syria conflict: Schoolchildren killed in Idlib air raids |
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| More than 20 people, many of them children, have been killed in air strikes on a rebel-held village in north-western Syria, activists say. | |
| A school complex was reportedly among several locations targeted in the village of Haas, in Idlib province. | A school complex was reportedly among several locations targeted in the village of Haas, in Idlib province. |
| It was not immediately clear if the raids were carried out by Syrian government or Russian warplanes. | It was not immediately clear if the raids were carried out by Syrian government or Russian warplanes. |
| State media quoted a military source as saying several "terrorists" had been killed when their positions were hit. | State media quoted a military source as saying several "terrorists" had been killed when their positions were hit. |
| The incident comes as the government and its ally Russia said they would continue a moratorium on the aerial bombardment of besieged, rebel-held eastern districts of the city of Aleppo. | The incident comes as the government and its ally Russia said they would continue a moratorium on the aerial bombardment of besieged, rebel-held eastern districts of the city of Aleppo. |
| The attack on Haas, about 75km (46 miles) south-west of Aleppo, appears to have been intense, reports the BBC's James Longman in Beirut. | The attack on Haas, about 75km (46 miles) south-west of Aleppo, appears to have been intense, reports the BBC's James Longman in Beirut. |
| The Syria Civil Defence, whose rescue workers are known as the White Helmets, said a complex containing three schools was targeted. | The Syria Civil Defence, whose rescue workers are known as the White Helmets, said a complex containing three schools was targeted. |
| Activists shared photographs of bloodied corpses, many of them children, lining the floors of a makeshift treatment centre. | Activists shared photographs of bloodied corpses, many of them children, lining the floors of a makeshift treatment centre. |
| The Syria Civil Defence said initial reports were of more than 20 people being killed, while the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at 22, including 14 children and a teacher. | The Syria Civil Defence said initial reports were of more than 20 people being killed, while the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at 22, including 14 children and a teacher. |
| Both groups said some of the wounded were in a critical condition. | Both groups said some of the wounded were in a critical condition. |
| Our correspondent says Idlib is one of the last strongholds of the Syrian opposition. | Our correspondent says Idlib is one of the last strongholds of the Syrian opposition. |
| The area is where civilians from eastern Aleppo would be sent under faltering UN ceasefire plans. | The area is where civilians from eastern Aleppo would be sent under faltering UN ceasefire plans. |
| That effort is still ongoing, our correspondent adds, but while Russia's bombardments of eastern Aleppo have stopped the government's ground offensive continues - meaning aid deliveries and evacuations cannot take place. | That effort is still ongoing, our correspondent adds, but while Russia's bombardments of eastern Aleppo have stopped the government's ground offensive continues - meaning aid deliveries and evacuations cannot take place. |