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Assad regime attack on marketplace in Syria's Idlib kills 10

by DAILY SABAH

ANKARA Oct 20, 2021 - 9:44 am GMT+3
People walk past debris at the site of shelling in the Syrian town of Ariha in the opposition-held northwestern Syrian Idlib province on October 20, 2021. (AFP Photo)
People walk past debris at the site of shelling in the Syrian town of Ariha in the opposition-held northwestern Syrian Idlib province on October 20, 2021. (AFP Photo)
by DAILY SABAH Oct 20, 2021 9:44 am

An attack by the Bashar Assad regime on a marketplace in the Ariha district of Syria’s northwestern Idlib province killed 10 civilians and wounded another 35 on Wednesday.

The attack by regime forces and an Iran-backed militia comes as efforts to draft a new constitution for the war-torn country continue.

The Idlib region is home to nearly 3 million people, two-thirds of them displaced from other parts of the country.

Nearly 75% of the total population in the opposition-held Idlib region depends on humanitarian aid to meet their basic needs as 1.6 million people continue to live in camps or informal settlements, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.

For years, the Assad regime has ignored the needs and safety of the Syrian people, only eyeing further gains of territory and crushing the opposition. With this aim, the regime has for years bombed civilian facilities such as schools, hospitals and residential areas, causing the displacement of almost half of the country's population.

The situation for the people in Idlib worsened when the Assad regime, backed by Russia, launched an offensive on the province, causing the largest one-time displacement in the history of the Syrian civil war and a huge humanitarian tragedy, according to the U.N.

Frequent bombings and shelling have put nearly 50% of health facilities out of service, just as the Syrian people need them the most amid the coronavirus pandemic. Living in overcrowded tent camps or even out in the open in safe areas near the Turkish border, many are struggling to meet even basic needs.

The Idlib de-escalation zone was forged under an agreement between Turkey and Russia. The area has been the subject of multiple cease-fire agreements, which have been frequently violated by the Assad regime and its allies.

A fragile truce was brokered between Moscow and Ankara in March 2020 in response to months of fighting by the Russia-backed regime. Almost a million people have fled the Bashar Assad regime’s offensive yet the regime still frequently carries out attacks on civilians, hindering most from returning to their homes and forcing them to stay in makeshift camps.

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