4. Abd, who did not want his second name used, was near the village when the airstrike occurred.
He told BuzzFeed News, via a messaging service, that when he got there it was “horrible”.
“There was blood and damage everywhere,” he said. Abd, who was studying at university before the war, also visited the school, which he said had been hit just as the school day was finishing — and reduced to nothing. “It [the airstrike] was for killing the children only,” he claimed.
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He described seeing members of the White Helmets, a voluntary rescue organisation working in rebel-held areas of Syria, trying to pull someone out from underneath a destroyed house.
“Many mothers are still trying to find their children,” said Yasser Trraf, a 22-year old activist from the village. “We don’t have any armed group in this village, we only have organizations to support children and refugees and schools.”
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9. Videos purportedly showed the moment the munitions struck, as the air strike came down over the village before detonating with a large flame.
Video also reportedly taken from the village showed men stumbling through rubble towards a large smoke plume, and traumatized children reeling from the effects of the strike being hustled into a medic’s van.
Idlib is home to one of the remaining rebel strongholds, and has been frequently targeted by the Syrian government and Russian forces in support of the regime.
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