At least 9 people have been killed after Syrian government forces shelled a rebel-held village

Syrian opposition activists say government forces' shelling of a village in northwestern Syria shelling by government forces on a village in northwestern Syria has killed at least nine people, including six children. at least nine people, including six children, reports UNN with reference to the Associated Press. Associated Press.

As a result of the shelling by Syrian government forces Kawkafin village in Idlib province in the northwestern part of the country on Saturday during an olive harvest, at least nine people were killed. olive harvest killed at least nine people, including six children, opposition activists reported.

The shelling of the farm was reported by the Britain-based Britain-based opposition military watchdog organization Syrian Observatory for Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the opposition Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets. also known as the White Helmets.

The White Helmets said they had treated one wounded and handed over the bodies of the dead to their families.

The shelling of the village of Kawkafin in Idlib province is yet another violation of the ceasefire reached in March. of a ceasefire reached in March 2020 that was supposed to put an end to the the standoff between the country's government and rebels. Hundreds of people have been killed or injured in recent years as a result of ceasefire violations,

Idlib is home to more than 4 million people, many of whom have been displaced by the Syrian conflict, that erupted in March 2011. The war has displaced half of the country's half of the country's pre-war population of 23 million people and has left much of Syria devastated.