Seven Syrian civilians, including 5 children, 4 of whom were brothers, were killed as a result of raids launched by warplanes in the Idlib governorate, northwest Syria, on the town of Al-Jadida in the western Idlib countryside on Friday morning, according to the sources of the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ) that condemned the attack.

UNICEF advocates for the protection of children at all times and wherever they may be.

While the Syrian opposition accused Russia of carrying out this raid.

According to the Syrian Civil Defense, an air raid targeted a house in the town of Al-Jadida, killing and wounding 13 others.

The Syrian opposition air traffic tracking observatory said on its social media platforms that a Russian warplane took off at 05:36 am local time from Hmeimim Airport in Latakia (west), and bombed the villages of Al-Yaqoubia and Al-Jadida in the western countryside of Idlib.

Anadolu Agency, quoting local sources, indicated that the two targeted areas are home to displaced families, and the sources indicated that the dead in the bombing were civilians who were displaced from the countryside of Hama Governorate (central) as a result of the targeting of their areas by the Syrian regime forces and its allies.

Life stopped and hearts cried silently, souls overflowed to heaven and souls cried from pain, here to die...awe....

Silence is awe.


The new massacre, west of Idlib.# The White Helmets pic.twitter.com/sgtq8SHlG5

— Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) July 22, 2022

And the French Press Agency quoted the father of the children, Ayman Mozan (31 years), that he lost his three daughters and a son in the attack that destroyed his house.

The grieving father said as he wept bitterly, "My children are gone. They are dead. The dearest thing to my heart is gone."

The raid took place while Ayman and his family were sleeping in their house in the village of Al-Jadida, affiliated to Jisr Al-Shughur in the western countryside of Idlib. After the first strike, Ayman managed to rescue his wife from under the rubble, but he did not find his children. The second blow.

An AFP correspondent in the area said that the house was completely destroyed, and toys and clothes were scattered among the rubble.

Seven civilians, including 4 children from one family, were killed, and 12 others, including 8 children, were injured, in a massacre perpetrated by Russian warplanes today, Friday, July 22, targeting a poultry farm inhabited by displaced people on the outskirts of Al-Jadida village, and civilian homes on the outskirts of Al-Janoudia village, west of Idlib. #WhiteHelmets pic.twitter.com/3FXnVqWkIV

— Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) July 22, 2022

UNICEF condemns

UNICEF condemned the attack, saying in a statement carried by Anadolu Agency, "This is a devastating reminder that the war on children is not yet over, and children in northwest Syria and across the country continue to pay the heavy price of the ongoing violence."

"Children should never be targeted, and they should be protected at all times and wherever they are," the statement added.

The UN statement pointed out that 70% of the grave violations committed against children in Syria in 2021 occurred in the northwest. By the term grave violations, UNICEF means crimes of killing and maiming children, exploiting them and denying them access to humanitarian aid, and attacks on schools and hospitals.

Their house has become a grave for them, and the dreams of 4 siblings were buried in it after a Russian raid on the village of Al-Jadida, west of Idlib. The cries of their grieving grandfather are oppression in the heart of the Syrians and echoed by the mountains and olive trees, while the international community is deaf to their ears and gives their killer support to further kill them. #White_Helmets. pic.twitter.com/mnSp6AZS18

— Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) July 22, 2022

And since March 6, 2020, the so-called “de-escalation zones” have been in effect in the opposition-controlled areas in Idlib (northwest) and parts of neighboring provinces, including the western countryside of Aleppo, announced by Moscow, an ally of the Syrian regime, and Turkey, which supports the opposition factions, after an attack The regime forces’ expansion prompted nearly one million people to flee the area, according to the United Nations.

And between 2017 and 2020, the number of people fleeing the attacks of the Syrian regime reached two million civilians who were displaced to the places near the Turkish border, and the area is subjected to raids from time to time, although the ceasefire is still holding to a large extent, despite the repeated violations by both sides of the conflict.

Syria has been witnessing a bloody conflict since 2011, after the ruling regime suppressed popular demonstrations calling for his departure.

This caused the death of at least half a million people, caused massive destruction to infrastructure and productive sectors, and led to the displacement and displacement of about half of the population inside and outside the country, according to the testimonies of the United Nations and other human rights organizations.