Syrian Activists: 2 Hospitals Hit Amid Intense Bombardment

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces and their Russian allies struck two hospitals, an apartment building and several other targets in a rebel-held province, activists said Monday, amid relentless airstrikes following the downing of a Russian fighter jet in the area and the killing of its pilot by al-Qaida-linked militants. The assault on Idlib, the last rebel-held province in Syria, intensified in recent weeks but reached a new ferocity after the militants shot down a Russian Su-25 near the town of Saraqeb on Saturday. Russia has waged a punishing aerial campaign against Syria's armed opposition since intervening in the civil war on the side of its ally, Syrian President Bashar Assad, in 2015. The al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee, which is the strongest militant group in Idlib, said its fighters downed the Russian jet and killed its pilot after he ejected from the plane and landed on the ground.Read more on NewsOK.com