An aerial view of the newly-established Maram camp for internally displaced people in the village of Kafr Jales in Syria's northwestern Idlib province in November 2021. (AFP)
KAFR JALES, Syria: Nine people, including three displaced children, were killed in the country's last major rebel stronghold early on Sunday in a Syrian regime rocket attack.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead included three child and two unknown persons among the seven civilians who have an extensive network of sources on the ground.
Not long ago, an observatory reported the deaths of six civilians, including two children.
More than 30 rockets fired in several areas, including camps west of the city of Idlib in the north-west of Syria, injuring 75 others, according to reports.
According to the observatory, several places in the area had been shelling since morning, and the opposition retaliated by targeting regime positions.
Abu Hamid, a resident of the camp, said: "This morning as we got up and were getting ready for work, we heard rocket attack."
The 67-year-old said: “The children got scared and started screaming. We didn't know what to do, we didn't know how to protect ourselves. Because not one or two rockets, but dozens of rockets were falling continuously. Shrapnel was flying all around.
According to the observatory, the rocket launched a day after five members of Syrian forces were killed in a shelling by a group HTSK.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, headed by ex-members of the former Syrian al-Qaeda franchise, is the dominant group in the region.
About three million people live in the Idlib region, of whom about 1.5 million have been displaced.
According to the report, about five lakh people have died.
Source: AFP