On this picture offered by the Syrian Civil Defence White Helmets, which has been authenticated primarily based on its contents and different AP reporting, a person lies amid the particles of a collapsed constructing on the southern fringe of the town of Idlib, Syria, on Feb. 9, 2022. (Syrian Civil Protection White Helmets through AP)
BEIRUT --
A constructing collapse in northwest Syria killed a lady and three of her kids, whereas her husband and three different kids survived, the opposition Syrian Civil Defence group mentioned Thursday.
The collapse of the constructing Wednesday evening on the southern fringe of the town of Idlib got here as northwest Syria has been witnessing weeks of rain and snow.
The Syrian Civil Defence, also called the White Helmets, mentioned rescue operations within the two-story constructing lasted about 4 hours. The mom and one among her kids have been already useless when rescuers pulled them out, whereas two kids succumbed to their wounds shortly afterward, the civil defence mentioned.
Later at evening, the daddy and three different kids have been extracted alive and brought to the hospital for therapy.
Idlib province is the final insurgent stronghold in war-torn Syria, and is house to about 3 million individuals, a lot of them internally displaced.
Syria's battle that started in March 2011 has killed almost half 1,000,000 individuals and displaced half the nation's pre-war inhabitants of 23 million.
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