Warplane crashes into Syrian town, say reports

At least 12 people died after a Syrian government warplane crashed into a market area in the town of rebel-controlled Ariha during a bombing raid on Monday.

The raids on the town of Ariha came amid intense clashes between government forces and insurgents in the northwestern province of Idlib and the central region of Hama.

Earlier during the day, the Syrian legion structured to rebellion opportunities in Ariha and of course the townships of Bzait and Msharfeh, together with the locale of one’s Abu al-Duhur airbase, and that is struggling via the Nusra militants. The town is in the northwestern province of Idlib, where government forces have suffered setbacks since March, including the loss of the provincial capital, which is also called Idlib.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not immediately clear how numerous dead were from the crash and how many from the prior bombardment. The LCC said 27 people were killed and many others were wounded.

He added that at least 70 people were wounded. “Five of them have not been identified”, said Abdel Rahman, citing medical officials and residents inside the town.

Meanwhile, Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah fighters on Sunday pressed a counteroffensive against rebels near President Bashar al-Assad’s coastal heartland, a monitoring group said.

Sham News Network posted photos of the aftermath of the plane crash, showing destroyed buildings and a ravaged square covered with debris and broken concrete.

Syria’s civil war has been raging for more than four years. United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said last week that at least 250,000 Syrians have been killed in the conflict so far.