We have received information that schools, hospitals and residential areas are being bombed by aircraft and helicopters, " says Panos Moumtzis, who is the UN hjälpsamordnare for Syria, the news agency Reuters.
Moumtzis mention in particular the so-called tunnbomberna – oljetunnor jam packed with scrap metal and explosives that are dropped from low altitude, usually from helicopters.
has the most primitive bombs, which are considered inhumane because they do not go to target and control, fallen tightly over the province of Idlib – ”the worst we've seen in at least fifteen months”, according to the UN-man.
Idlib, to the surface comparable with the Stockholm county, is the syrian armed opposition's last major stronghold. Opponents of the regime from other parts of Syria have been relegated to the Elections of president Bashar al-Assad's army. A large part of the Syrian internally-displaced people have also fallen in Idlib. At least half of the province's nearly three million residents are refugees.
But the ”moderate” opposition has been crushed by the al-Qaidaanknutna militia Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). There are HTS that control in Idlib. Something that contributes to the vulnerability – they are clamped between the jihadists and the Syrian regerigsarmé and their allies.
made two of the leading players in the Syrienkriget, Russia and Turkey, a local non-angreppsavtal of Idlib. According to the Russian-Turkish agreement would the jihadi groups in Idlib, mainly Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, voluntarily withdraw and hand over their weapons. The phase-out would be monitored by Turkey, which supports the västtillvända regimmotståndarna in Syria.
But it has not been. Instead, they have about 15,000 HTS-terrorists with violence, incorporating other armed groups, or pushed them on the run. Therefore it loads now the syrian nra up for an offensive against Idlib. Six major militärförband has been sent to Idlib, ready to invade the province.
In bombattackernas and upptrappningens tracks, the flow of refugees increased again. Since the beginning of the year has almost 150,000 civilians have fled their home in Idlib, according to UN estimates.
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