Airstrikes also hit residential buildings in the city of Idlib, which has become a refuge for people displaced by the civil war, killing at least 12 civilians, according to the White Helmets, an independent rescue organization.

Russia has conducted major air strikes on rebels in Syria after insurgents led by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group swept into Aleppo in what is the biggest challenge to its ally President Bashar al-Assad in years.

Months of Israeli strikes on Syrian and Hezbollah targets in the area, and Israel’s cease-fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon this week, are cited as factors providing Syria’s rebels with an

The 13-year civil war in Syria has roared back into prominence as insurgents seized Aleppo in a shock offensive marking a major threat to president Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime.The push – which saw insurgents seize the country’s second-largest city – is among the strongest in years,