"The investigation will cover destruction of, or damage to facilities on the de-confliction list and UN-supported facilities" in northwest Syria, says UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
Despite submitting their coordinates to third parties as part of the UN’s ‘deconfliction system’, some 26 Syrian healthcare facilities appear to have been targeted in deliberate attacks, the UN has reported.
Implementation of a 2012 roadmap to UN-supervised elections in Syria has been discussed by US and Russian diplomats, says Ambassador James Jeffrey amid ongoing attacks in north-west Syria.
A young girl was among those killed at a market in the town of Maaret al Numan in Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Turkish and Russian defence ministers discussed measures to reduce tension in Idlib as Syria's northwestern region comes under increasing fire by the regime and its ally Russia.
Trapped civilians fear the Syrian regime is destroying vital facilities, including hospitals and rescue organisations, to clear the way for brutal ground assaults.
The US State Department's special envoy to Syria, James Jeffrey, will lead a delegation to meet Turkish officials to discussTurkey's security concerns in Syria following the US withdrawal from the country.
London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says regime bombardments also took the lives of eight children, seven women and three men in the Idlib region in the last 48 hours.
The US attempt to focus on a single goal in Syria, namely Daesh, has served as fuel for other conflicts in the region and compromised Turkey's internal security.
Syrian activist and satirist Raed Fares, who was assassinated two weeks ago, ran a radio station called Radio Fresh, which now faces closure amid death threats to staff members and financial crisis as western donors scale back funding.
Raed al Fares gained prominence early in the uprising against Syrian regime leader Bashar al Assad with protest banners that drew international attention on social media.
Care International warns that a large-scale regime offensive on Idlib would be catastrophic amid fears an assault could trigger a wave of 2.5 million refugees.
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