Russia strike kill five civilians in northwest Syria: monitor 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseAn air strike Saturday by Syrian regime ally Russia killed five civilians, including four members of the same family, in an opposition bastion in the country’s northwest, a monitor said. The strike created a massive crater of rubble near a two-storey home flanked by an empty outdoor swimming pool, the correspondent said. Fighting there since Wednesday has killed 28 civilians including eight children, according to the Observatory. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he would discuss the latest attacks in northwestern Syria on Sunday with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 18, 2020 23:53 UTC