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Three children were killed when regime forces shelled opposition-held areas in Hama province in west-central Syria on Saturday, according to the White Helmets civil defense agency.
Two other children were seriously injured in the shelling that targeted the towns of Kafr Zita, Latamne and Lahaya in the province, the agency said.
Hama falls within de-escalation zones defined last year in Astana peace talks.
According to White Helmets, at least 13 civilians were killed and dozens injured in regime attacks in Hama and Idlib provinces over the past week.
Syria has remained locked in a vicious conflict since 2011 when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on demonstrators with unexpected ferocity. Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict and millions more rendered homeless, according to UN figures.
The Turkish army on Thursday completed its 13th round of patrols in the northern Syrian city of Manbij as part of a deal with the U.S. to rid the area of the terror group YPG/PKK.In a message posted Twitter, the Turkish General Staff said both countries' forces conducted separate coordinated patrols in the region between areas liberated by Turkey's Operation Euphrates Shield and Manbij.The first patrols by Turkish and U.S. troops in the region began on June 18.People of Manbij long for Turkey's interventionThe Manbij deal between Turkey and the U.S. focuses on the withdrawal of the PKK-affiliated YPG terror group from the city in order to stabilize the region.In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK has taken some 40,000 lives, including many women and children. The YPG/PKK is its Syrian branch.Should the Manbij model prove a success, Turkey will push for a similar arrangement in eastern Syria.Turkey has said the presence of terror forces near its border constitutes a threat and has launched military operations and other efforts to rid the region of terrorists.Turkey, US agree on clearing Syrian regions of PKK
Turkish army conducts 13th round of patrols in Manbij
Five civilians were killed in a regime airstrike in the northwestern Idlib province on Tuesday, according to a local civil defense official.Twenty-four other people were injured in the raid that targeted residential areas in the opposition-held province, Mustafa Haj Yousuff, head of the White Helmets civil defense agency in Idlib, told Anadolu Agency.Idlib was designated as "de-escalation zone" in May 2017 in which acts of aggression are expressly forbidden.Nevertheless, the Bashar al-Assad regime and Russian forces have continued to carry out attacks on the region.Assad forces deploy along Syria’s border with JordanIsrael threatens 'harsh response' to any Syrian forces in demilitarised GolanSyrian opposition says army besieges their enclave in southern Deraa
Regime airstrike kills five in Syria’s Idlib