An airstrike is an offensive operation carried out by attack aircraft. Air strikes are commonly delivered from aircraft such as fighters, bombers, ground attack aircraft, and attack helicopters. The official definition includes all sorts of targets, including enemy air targets, but in popular usage, the term is usually narrowed to a tactical attack on a ground or naval objective.
Observatory from the place and the Human Rights said around 60 people were also wounded in the air strikes that struck several areas in the northwestern province, which is Syria's last major rebel bastion.
Weapons used in an airstrike can range from aircraft cannon and machine gun bullets, air-launched missiles, and cruise missiles, to various types of bombs, glide bombs and even directed-energy weapons such as lasers. It is also commonly referred to as an air raid.
At least 13 civilians, including six children, were killed in Russian air strikes on Wednesday in the Idlib province of Syria. This is the first attack after a ceasefire agreement in September.
Britain's Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that about 60 other people were also injured in air strikes in many areas of the Northwestern Province. This is the last big area occupied by rebels in Syria.
"In the last 24 hours, there have been dozens of air strikes in many areas, including the Russian aircraft, Idlib and Saraqeb," said Rami Abdel Rahman, chief of the monitoring group. In September last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart after the agreement between Recep Tayyip Erdogan, "Russia has made air strikes for the first time in the province."
The Idlib region is mainly controlled by the extremists of Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), a Syrian group led by former Al Qaida fighters, after they pushed back smaller, Turkey-backed rebel outfits in January.
According to Abdul Rahman, a prison in a suburb of Idlib city was hit on Tuesday in the Russian strikes, sparking a jailbreak by dozens of inmates.
