Syrian plane strikes leave 35 dead

Warplanes attacked a rebel-held northwestern village in Syria yesterday, killing at least 35 people and wounding dozens more, including children, in one of the deadliest incidents in this part of the country this year,

The opposition’s Syrian Civil Defence, also known as White Helmets, said the airstrike on Thursday night killed 35 and wounded 80 in the village of Zardana. It added that the dead included three of its members, who were killed as they evacuated the dead and wounded. The Britainbased Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strike killed 44, including six children and 11 women.