Guterres shows his concern about a bombardment in northwestern Syria that has left at least nine dead

June 28 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, has expressed his concern about a bombardment against a market in Idlib (Syria), which has left at least nine civilians dead.

“The Secretary General strongly condemns all violence in Syria and urges all parties to respect their obligations under International Law, including International Humanitarian Law. He has recalled that civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected, in accordance with the International Humanitarian Law,” said Guterres’s spokesman, Farhan Haq, during a press conference.

An alleged Russian shelling on June 25 against a vegetable and fruit market in the Syrian town of Jisr al Shughur, west of Idlib, left at least nine civilians dead and more than 30 injured.

Just two days after the attack, another bombardment killed eight suspected members of the terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), a terrorist organization that is the successor to the al-Nusra Front (once an affiliate of Al Qaeda in Syria) that controls Idlib. , in northwestern Syria, and that it is the last rebel stronghold in the country.

Russia, for its part, is one of the main international backers of Syrian President Bashar al Assad, and its military intervention in 2015 allowed government forces to repel rebel advances and once again take the initiative on the battlefield.