Northern Syria .. Russia and the regime continue to target civilians and hospitals

Syrian and Russian planes continue to bomb the villages of Hama and Idlib. More victims were killed Saturday, a hospital and two health centers were destroyed. The opposition continues to counter attacks by the regime forces that have advanced to the border of Idlib province.

Al-Jazeera reported that Russian planes targeted the Sham hospital in the city of Kernabal, south of Idlib, with several raids, causing partial destruction and stopping work. A source in the Civil Defense said that the shelling also removed the center of the middle jungle and the health center in Idlib countryside.

Russian and Syrian planes have destroyed more than 15 medical centers and hospitals in days in the villages of Hama and Idlib.

For his part, a source in the civil defense of the fall of more than 13 dead and dozens injured in the bombing of Russian aircraft on the city of Khan Sheikun and the towns of Ahsem, Habib and Bara.

The Syrian Human Rights Network has documented the killing of at least 565 civilians, including 163 children and 105 women, in the area of ​​reduced escalation in Idlib since the Sochi Agreement came into effect on 17 September 2018.

Battles and displacement
According to field sources of the island that the opposition forces are fighting battles and escape with the forces of the regime and the militias supporting them in the vicinity of the towns of Kfarabuda and Alkrkat and stronghold of the strait, adding that the opposition fighters destroyed several mechanisms of the regime forces.

The news agency quoted a military commander of the National Liberation Front (the opposition) that the opposition regained control of the trees in the western suburbs of Hama, and killed more than 15 elements of the regime.

Meanwhile, a military official of the regime told the German news agency that his forces took control of the towns of Arima and Maidan Ghazal in the southern countryside of Idlib, and approached the Turkish observation point in the town of Shermaghar, after the restoration of the village of Sharia, which was seized by the opposition hours ago.

The influx of displaced people continues towards the border with Turkey, and the Response Coordinators team said more than 300,000 people had fled their homes in two weeks, appealing to all humanitarian and relief agencies to take immediate action to meet the needs of these families.

Meanwhile, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that "some organizations have suspended their activities after their headquarters were destroyed, damaged or rendered unsafe." Another has also taken a decision to suspend activities in order to preserve the safety of workers or as a result of the total displacement of the population.

Between 29 April and 9 May, the Office estimated that more than 180,000 people had been displaced by the shelling, noting that the escalation had taken place over 15 health facilities, 16 schools and three displacement camps.