Regime shelling kills 12 in northwest Syria: Monitor

IBLIN AFP June10, 2021-   Syrian regime shelling on the opposition-held Idlib enclave killed 12 people Thursday, one of the deadliest violations of a 15-month-old ceasefire, a war monitor said.   

An AFP correspondent in the area saw the remains of a house destroyed by the rocket fire, as well as a charred vehicle parked outside.   

The bodies of several victims were lined on the floor and covered with blankets.   

The incident started with rocket fire near the village of Iblin, which lies around 25 kilometres (15 miles) southwest of the city of Idlib.   

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said four civilians, including a man, a woman and two children, were killed in the shelling, which occurred near the line separating regime forces from the opposition-held enclave.   

A second attack killed eight people who had gathered at the site of the first, said the monitor.