{"id":21494,"date":"2015-11-29T05:26:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T05:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/russian-air-strike-hits-busy-market-in-idlib\/"},"modified":"2015-11-29T05:26:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T05:26:37","slug":"russian-air-strike-hits-busy-market-in-idlib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/russian-air-strike-hits-busy-market-in-idlib\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian air strike hits busy market in Idlib province"},"content":{"rendered":"

{At least 40 people killed, scores wounded in air attack on popular marketplace in town of Ariha, activists say.}<\/p>\n

At least 40 people were killed and scores wounded on Sunday in a suspected Russian air strike on a crowded marketplace in Idlib province, activists said. <\/p>\n

The early morning attack occurred in the town of Ariha, 15km south of Idlib city. Local news channel Ariha al-Youm reported cluster bombs were used in the raid by a Russian fighter jet. <\/p>\n

The pro-opposition Orient TV also reported an initial death toll of 40. <\/p>\n

However, Rami Abdulrahman, director of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, put the death toll much higher, saying at least 60 people were killed and wounded in the attack.<\/p>\n

Officials at the Russian defence ministry could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n

The Russian air force has conducted air strikes in support of President Bashar al-Assad since September 30.<\/p>\n

Ariha is located in Idlib province, which is controlled by rebel groups including the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.<\/p>\n

The province is not a stronghold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group that controls wide areas of eastern Syria.<\/p>\n

The Syrian military withdrew from Ariha in May as an alliance of rebel groups – including Nusra Front – advanced in Idlib in an offensive that resulted in the entire province falling into rebel hands.<\/p>\n

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