Shelling of fuelling depot in Syria - in pictures
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Firefighters extinguish a blaze caused by Syrian government artillery shelling in the rebel-held town of Dana. All photos by AFP -
Syrian government forces aimed at a fuel depot affiliated to the Hayat Tahrir Al Sham militant group in the town. -
Flames send plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky at the site. -
At least three civilians were killed in the shelling, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. -
Hayat Tahrir AlSham, a former Syrian branch of Al Qaeda, controls with its allies about half of the Idlib region and parts of neighbouring provinces. -
A ceasefire deal reached in March 2020 has largely held since, despite sporadic flare-ups. -
Firefighters battle the blaze at the fuel depot. -
The Idlib region bordering Turkey is home to about three million people. -
Damascus has carried out several attacks on southern Idlib since June. -
The war in Syria has killed about half a million people and displaced millions more, the Observatory says.
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