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Plumes of smoke rise in the mountainous Jabal al-Zawiya area of Syria's Idlib province following bombings by Russian aircraft. The White Helmets volunteer emergency service said that two children were killed and five other civilians wounded when their home in the village of Kansafra was hit. Russia is the main military ally of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. IMAGES
Syrians protest against President Bashar al-Assad's government in the Daraa province town of Bosra al-Sham, openly calling for an end to Assad's rule. Daraa was the cradle of the 2011 uprising, which Assad bloodily suppressed, triggering more than a decade of civil war which has killed more than half a million people and driven millions more from their homes. IMAGES
Residents and rescuers search for earthquake victims and survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings in the village of Besnaya in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey. IMAGES
The EU will send rescue teams from member states to Turkey to assist the country following a deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Monday morning that has left as least 912 people dead. "We have mobilised more than 10 urban search and rescue teams" says EU Commission spokesperson Balazs Ujvari, adding that "the EU has also activated the Copernicus satellite system to provide emergency mapping services to the Turkish authorities". The powerful quake, which was felt as far away as Greenland, struck southern Turkey and affected parts of Syria, where the EU will provide support "through its ongiong humanitarian assistance programmes." SOUNDBITE
Idlib (Syria), Feb. 20 (EFE / EPA) .- Turkey-backed Syrian National Army fighters fired at Syrian Government forces in the village of al-Nayrab from the Qminas Province, about 6 kilometers east of Idlib.(Image: Yahya Nemah)RESOURCE IMAGES OF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE IDLIB AREA