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Syrian regime shelling kills 7 in Syria's Idlib

Syrian regime shelling killed seven civilians in the Idlib region on Tuesday (April 23rd), in the latest violence to threaten a seven-month-old truce, AFP reported.

Four children and two women were among the seven killed by rocket fire on the Idlib town of Khan Sheikhun, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The toll was confirmed by Syrian civil defence workers, who said 12 others were wounded.

Russia and Turkey in September inked a buffer zone deal to prevent a massive regime offensive on the Idlib region, near the Turkish border.

But the region of some three million people has come under increasing bombardment since Tahrir al-Sham took full control of it in January.

Increased regime shelling on Khan Sheikhun has sparked one of the largest waves of displacement since the truce agreement was struck in the Russian resort of Sochi.

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