BEIRUT - Air strikes that hit a market and areas of the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib Saturday killed 24 people, a monitor said, a day after Russia and the US agreed a truce for Syria. The Britain-based monitor could not immediately confirm how many of the casualties were civilians saying some bodies "were burned beyond recognition". If the deal is implemented, Syria's armed forces would stop air strikes on rebel-held areas and desperately-needed aid would reach war-weary civilians. Since spring 2015, most of Idlib province has been held by an alliance of rebels, Islamists, and jihadists known as the Army of Conquest. More than 290,000 people have been killed since Syria's conflict first erupted in March 2011, and several attempts at securing a long-lasting truce have faltered.

Source: Bangkok Post September 10, 2016 15:45 UTC