Syrian army mounts attack in northwest, Idlib bombarded

Syrian government forces backed by Russian air power launched a counter-attack against rebels in the northwestern province of Latakia, a rebel group and a conflict monitor said, as violence was reported across much of the northwest on Tuesday. Targets included towns and villages where a partial truce agreement had brought about a lull in fighting between the government and rebels since Feb. 27. In the insurgent stronghold of Idlib province, neighboring Latakia, air strikes killed at least seven people in the town of Kafr Nubl and five others in nearby Maarat al-Numan, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring organization reported.

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