Previously, the Britain-based monitor had put the toll in Maaret al-Numan at five dead and dozens wounded.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights described as a massacre the strikes on a vegetable market in Maaret al-Numan that killed at least 37 civilians and at least another seven at a market in nearby Kafranbel. (Photo: Representational Image)
Beirut: Suspected government air strikes killed at least 44 civilians at two markets in a part of northeastern Syria controlled by the war-torn country's Al-Qaeda affiliate, a monitoring group said Tuesday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights described as a "massacre" the strikes on a vegetable market in Maaret al-Numan that killed at least 37 civilians and at least another seven at a market in nearby Kafranbel.
Previously, the Britain-based monitor had put the toll in Maaret al-Numan at five dead and dozens wounded. The two locations, both in Idlib province, are only 10 kilometres (six miles) apart.
( Source : AFP )
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