Air raids in Syria as shaky truce enters second day

February 28, 2016 16:02

Several air strikes hit central and northern Syria today, a monitor said, but the first major ceasefire of the war appeared to be broadly intact on its

second day.

Warplanes, believed to be either Syrian or Russian, bombed seven villages in the provinces of Aleppo and Hama, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Britain-based monitor, said one person was killed in Aleppo province.

It was unclear if the raids hit areas covered by the truce.

The agreement does not include territory held by the Islamic State jihadist group and Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front, which together control more than half of Syrian land.

According to Abdel Rahman, only one of the villages, Kafr Hamra in Aleppo province, is controlled by Al-Nusra and the others are in the hands of non-jihadist rebels.

Elsewhere the situation remained mostly calm, according to reports.

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