Russian-backed Syrian regime forces killed 12 civilians, including 4 children, in an attack on an Idlib town in late October, according to a report by Human Rights Watch published on Wednesday. The lack of military targets in the strike, which took place as children were going to school, highly suggests an indiscriminate attack which fits a “pattern of unlawful Syrian and Russian attacks that kill civilians”, the rights watchdog said. “Syria and Russia appear to have violated the laws of war with deadly consequences for civilians there,” said Belkis Wille, senior crisis and conflict researcher…

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