Turkish strikes in northwest Syria kill 48 pro-Damascus troops - Observatory

Smoke rises after an air strike in Saraqeb in Idlib province, Syria on February 28. (REUTERS Photo)

BEIRUT, February 29 (Reuters): Turkish ground and air strikes on Syrian government forces and their allies in northwest Syria's Idlib have killed 48 pro-Damascus soldiers in the past 24 hours, the Syrian Observatory, a war monitor, reported on Saturday.

It said that Syrian government and Russian warplanes continued air strikes on Saturday on the strategic eastern Idlib city of Saraqeb, a focal point of intensified fighting in recent days between Turkish-backed rebels and Damascus.