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Shells from insurgents have injured dozens of people in Aleppo, Syria, causing suffocation, official media reported Saturday, while one monitor said the government had killed nine people in Idlib, under rebel control .
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the two women and seven children were killed in the Jarjanaz village in Idlib province, where Russia and Turkey agreed to create a buffer zone.
The UK-based observatory also said the bombings on the city of Aleppo, under government control, had injured at least 32 people, including six children, causing breathing difficulties.
Sana's official news agency quoted a health official as saying that militants had struck shells in two districts of Aleppo containing gas that had caused the suffocation of 50 people. A witness in front of al-Razi hospital in Aleppo said the bombing caused dozens of injuries, including to women and children.
The agreement on the creation of the demilitarized zone ended an army offensive against the Idlib region, including in the neighboring regions of Aleppo and Hama provinces. Intermittent firing has erupted in northwestern Syria since the agreement between Russia, Damascus' main ally, and Turkey, which supports some rebel factions.
According to the United Nations, nearly 3 million people live in the northwestern region and have warned of a battle to restore state power in the region. Among a range of factions controlling Idlib, the dominant force is Tahrir al-Sham, an Islamist alliance led by fighters formerly linked to al-Qaida.
Earlier this month, Moscow accused insurgents of trying to break the deal, while rebels accused the Syrian army and its allies of attacking the region.
