00:00 More bloodshed west of Idlib city in Syria. At least two civilians were killed and five
00:06 injured when Russian troops shelled an abandoned water pumping station on Tuesday night in
00:10 the rebel-held province. The victims were treated by volunteers from the White Helmets
00:15 rescue group.
00:16 "We saw that there were people under the ground, cows, sheep and everything. They are
00:23 all displaced from Rwaiha. They are sitting in the station here."
00:29 There has been a recent uptick in Russian attacks in this part of the country, mostly
00:33 controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an Islamist group reportedly close to Al-Qaeda.
00:39 About three million people live in the region. Moscow's forces have been active in Syria
00:44 since 2015, helping the Al-Assad regime recover most of the ground lost in the early years
00:49 of the civil war. The conflict began in 2011. Half a million people have lost their lives
00:55 and millions have been displaced.
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