Militants continue to advance in northern Syria - in pictures


  • People inspects a camp for internally displaced people destroyed during an air strike near the village of Harbnush, north of Idlib, Syria. AP
    People inspects a camp for internally displaced people destroyed during an air strike near the village of Harbnush, north of Idlib, Syria. AP
  • People mourn relatives killed in a reported Syrian regime air strike on Wadi Khaled camp at the SAMS Hospital in Maarat Misrin, a town in Syria's northern Idlib governorate. AFP
    People mourn relatives killed in a reported Syrian regime air strike on Wadi Khaled camp at the SAMS Hospital in Maarat Misrin, a town in Syria's northern Idlib governorate. AFP
  • Displaced Syrian Kurds ride in the back of a vehicle loaded with belongings on the Aleppo-Raqqa motorway to flee areas on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo after they were seized by Islamist-led rebels. AFP
    Displaced Syrian Kurds ride in the back of a vehicle loaded with belongings on the Aleppo-Raqqa motorway to flee areas on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo after they were seized by Islamist-led rebels. AFP
  • Medics inspect the damaged Ibn Sina Hospital following a Russian air strike, in Idlib, northern Syria. EPA
    Medics inspect the damaged Ibn Sina Hospital following a Russian air strike, in Idlib, northern Syria. EPA
  • Militants gather at the Nayrab military airport, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. AFP
    Militants gather at the Nayrab military airport, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. AFP
  • Syrian military aircraft are among the equipment at the airport. Militants have taken control of large parts of Aleppo. AFP
    Syrian military aircraft are among the equipment at the airport. Militants have taken control of large parts of Aleppo. AFP
  • A militant patrols outside the airport. The offensive has resulted in Russian air strikes on Syria. AFP
    A militant patrols outside the airport. The offensive has resulted in Russian air strikes on Syria. AFP
  • Fighters stand guard outside the northern Syrian town of Tal Rifat. AFP
    Fighters stand guard outside the northern Syrian town of Tal Rifat. AFP
  • A member of the Syrian White Helmet civil defence helps carry a victim of Syrian government attacks on Idlib city. AP
    A member of the Syrian White Helmet civil defence helps carry a victim of Syrian government attacks on Idlib city. AP
  • Anti-government fighters reach the motorway near the northern Syrian town of Azaz. AFP
    Anti-government fighters reach the motorway near the northern Syrian town of Azaz. AFP
  • Anti-government fighters celebrate as they take over the northern Syrian town of Tal Rifaat. AFP
    Anti-government fighters celebrate as they take over the northern Syrian town of Tal Rifaat. AFP
  • Anti-government fighters swept into the city of Aleppo, east of Idlib province. AFP
    Anti-government fighters swept into the city of Aleppo, east of Idlib province. AFP
  • The Syrian army said dozens of its soldiers had been killed in the attack on Aleppo. AFP
    The Syrian army said dozens of its soldiers had been killed in the attack on Aleppo. AFP
  • Smoke billows in the aftermath of what the White Helmets say is a strike, in Idlib, Syria. Reuters
    Smoke billows in the aftermath of what the White Helmets say is a strike, in Idlib, Syria. Reuters
  • Syria's President Bashar Al Assad meets Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in Damascus. Reuters
    Syria's President Bashar Al Assad meets Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in Damascus. Reuters
  • A nurse attends to an injured woman in Idlib, Syria. Government air strikes in Idlib killed at least three civilians, including two children, and wounded 11 others, said the Syrian Civil Defence. AP
    A nurse attends to an injured woman in Idlib, Syria. Government air strikes in Idlib killed at least three civilians, including two children, and wounded 11 others, said the Syrian Civil Defence. AP
  • Anti-government fighters take a position near the northern Syrian town of Tal Rifaat. AFP
    Anti-government fighters take a position near the northern Syrian town of Tal Rifaat. AFP
  • Anti-government fighters ride a motorcycle in the northern Syrian town of Tal Rifaat. AFP
    Anti-government fighters ride a motorcycle in the northern Syrian town of Tal Rifaat. AFP
  • People cross an anti-government checkpoint as they return to the town of Saraqib in the eastern part of Idlib province. AFP
    People cross an anti-government checkpoint as they return to the town of Saraqib in the eastern part of Idlib province. AFP
  • Syrian opposition fighters seize abandoned Syrian army ammunition in the town of Khan Assubul, Syria, southwest of Aleppo. AP
    Syrian opposition fighters seize abandoned Syrian army ammunition in the town of Khan Assubul, Syria, southwest of Aleppo. AP