Displaced Syrians forced to build hideouts in the caves of Jabal al-Zawiya
Al JazeeraThe caves shelter Syrian families whose homes have been under attack as regime forces continue to hound Idlib. The 53-year-old father of four from the village of Kansafra south of Idlib brought everyone here to get away from continuous shelling by Syrian regime forces. Villages and towns in al-Zawiya in the Idlib countryside, close to the front lines with Syrian regime forces, have been subjected to an intensive artillery shelling campaign, the strongest in months, leading to the displacement of some residents to the northern countryside of Idlib. Escaping death to death A girl was killed and her sister injured in a rocket attack by Syrian regime forces on Monday morning that targeted a tent where the girls’ family lived on the outskirts of the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib, according to the Syrian Civil Defense. “On Sunday, my family and I left the tent and gave it to my relatives who came fleeing from the shelling by the Assad regime forces on the nearby village of Afes in the eastern Idlib countryside,” al-Khalf said.
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