Almost 50 killed in terrorist shelling onIdlib province

At least 50 people were killedwhen rebels shelled government-held areas of Aleppo city on Friday, a war monitor said.

At least 50 people were killedwhen rebels shelled government-held areas of Aleppo city on Friday, a war monitor said.

A riverside area in the town of Darkush, near the Turkish border, in western Idlib province was targeted in shelling. 

The dead and injured had come from towns around the province to enjoy theEid holiday weekend, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, witnesses and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

“It was a terrifying sight because most of the people had fallen into the river next to the spring. There were children, women and men,” Ahmad Yaziji, a civil defense chief in the nearby town of Jisr al-Shughour, told Reuters.

Idlib province and city are under the control of rebel groups including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.