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Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/08/22/russia-massacres-civilians-in-syria-idlib-region/
Russian Air Strike Blew Apart Syrian Market
(Telegraph-UK) Fared Al Mahlool - On June 25, Russian warplanes struck the town market in Jisr al-Shughur in Syria's Idlib region, killing nine farmers and wounding dozens. After the first wave, the Russian jets returned and fired two more missiles, bringing the death toll to 13. The attack, the deadliest this year, was one of several launched by the Russian army in Syria as it continues to back Bashar al-Assad in his ongoing civil war. Since 2015, when the Russian intervention in Syria began, Moscow's forces have bombed communities in northwestern Syria to rubble and displaced tens of thousands, forcing survivors to live in camps along the Syrian-Turkish border. Samer Al-Ali, a local humanitarian activist, said it seemed that Russia "possesses an international license to kill Syrian civilians."