Toll from strikes on Syria’s Idlib jumps to 58: monitor

Beirut, Sep 11 (AFP) The death toll in air strikes on thekey northwestern Syrian city of Idlib has jumped to 58, amonitoring group said. It was not immediately clear who carried out the raids,which hit a market and several neighbourhoods across the city. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said lateyesterday the dead included 13 women and 13 children, but itwas not immediately clear how many civilians were among theremaining victims. The monitor said dozens more were wounded in the strikes,warning that the death toll could rise even further. It could not identify who carried out the strikes, but theSyrian government and its ally Russia have regularly conductedraids in Idlib province. "People were shopping before the (Muslim feast of) Eid al-Adha next week, which is why the toll is so high," saidObservatory head Rami Abdel Rahman. (AFP)CPS