Syria monitor says 7 civilians killed in govt bombardment in north | International

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept 21, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A Syria monitor said seven civilians were killed Saturday in bombardment by government personnel in northern Syria in an area where clashes had erupted with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces. A semi-autonomous Kurdish administration controls swathes of north and northeast Syria, including oil and gas fields, with the SDF its de facto army. Five women and two children were killed in the village of Umm Tina in the Deir Hafer area of Aleppo province in bombardment carried out "by Syrian army personnel", said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. After Islamist forces toppled longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad late last year, the new authorities and the SDF in March agreed on a deal...