Airstrikes kill 10 in rebel-held city in Syria's Idlib

Warplanes carried out two airstrikes on a rebel-held city in the countryside of Syria's northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday, killing 10 people and wounding tens of others, a monitor group reported.

A rebel commander with the Turkey-backed Ahrar al-Sham Movement was among those killed during the air raids that targeted several areas in the city of Binnish and the town of Nairab in the eastern countryside of Idlib, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The death toll could rise, as many people have been severely wounded, the London-based group said, stopping short of giving details about the identity of the war jets, as Syrian and Russian air forces are involved in pounding areas under the control of the al-Qaida-linked groups.

Much of Idlib had fallen to the ultra-radical groups, such as the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, Ahrar al-Sham among others.

After advancing in the northern countryside of the northwestern province of Latakia, the Syrian army is eyeing Idlib as the next battle against the terror-designated groups. Endit