Syria: 11 Civilians Killed, 30 İnjured İn Bomb Attack

At least 11 civilians were killed and 30 others were injured Monday in northwestern Syria's Idlib Governorate in a vacuum bomb attack allegedly carried out by Bashar al-Assad regime forces, a Syrian opposition coalition said.



The Syrian Revolution General Commission alleged in a statement that a regime aircraft pounded Idlib's Cuzef village, which was under control of Syrian opposition forces.



The dead included three children; many houses were also damaged and destroyed in the incident, the statement added.



The attack came a day after Syrian regime jets pounded a busy marketplace in northwestern Idlib province using vacuum bombs, killing at least 30 civilians and wounding many more.



The figures provided by the coalition could not be independently verified.



Syria has been gripped by constant fighting since the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad launched a violent crackdown in response to anti-government protests in March 2011, triggering a conflict that has killed more than 220,000, including in excess of 10,000 children, according to the UN.



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