![Smoke rises after airstrikes hit residential areas and the frontlines of armed Syrian oppositions in Jibala town of Idlib, de-escalation zone, Syria on 2 November 2019. [Muhammed Abdullah - Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191102_2_39115937_49085094.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
At least three civilians were killed in Russian air strikes in the Idlib de-escalation zone in northwestern Syria, as reported by Anadolu Agency.
The death toll from the attacks on residential areas in the Idlib de-escalation zone over the past month reached 75, including 13 children, said the White Helmets.
Turkey and Russia agreed in September 2018 to turn Idlib into a de-escalation zone where acts of aggression are expressly prohibited.
The de-escalation zone is currently home to some four million civilians, including hundreds of thousands displaced in recent years by regime forces from throughout the war-weary country.