Government Attack in Rebel-Held Syria Kills at Least Six

Syrian government forces shelled a rebel-held village in the country's northwest, Wednesday, January 1, hitting a school and killing at least six people, opposition activists said.
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READ MORE: The attack in Idlib province, the last rebel stronghold in Syria, was part of an ongoing offensive in which Syrian troops have captured more than 40 villages and hamlets over the past two weeks.

Idlib is dominated by al-Qaida-linked militants and is also home to 3 million civilians.

The United Nations has warned of the growing risk of a humanitarian catastrophe in the region, which lies along the Turkish border.

A war-monitoring group, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said a teacher and four students were killed in Sunday's government shelling of the village of Sarmin.

Hadi Abdullah, an Idlib-based opposition activist, gave a slightly higher death toll, saying seven people were killed, including a woman and four children. Witnesses in Sarmin said eight or nine people died. Different death tolls are common in the immediate aftermath of bombings. (AP)
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