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forces again bombed the country's northwest on Monday evening, afterÌýrebels killed a regime soldier during fighting in , according to one activist.

The regime troopÌýwas killed in the Al-Bureij village area in the southeast.

This comes as the regime fired artillery and missiles at several areas, causing damage to civilian property, activist Mustafa Al-Mohammed told °®Âþµº's Arabic sister service, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.

The Maarat Al-Naasan junction is located at the site whereÌýregime shelling killed four schoolchildren and wounded others last week.

Al-Mohammed said warplanes and reconnaissance aircraft of key Syrian regime ally Russia are continuing to fly over IdlibÌýseveral times a day.

Even when the aircraft do notÌýdrop bombs their overflights cause terror among residents used to years of Russian and regime airstrikes.

Idlib has suffered continuous and indiscriminate bombardments by regime and Russian forces since it was captured by rebels in 2015 and prior to this.

Much of the rebel-held province is controlled byÌý, aÌýhardline Islamist group accused of numerous rights violations.

Elsewhere in Syria, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the international coalition carried out joint exercises simulating fighting with the Islamic State (IS) groupÌýin Deir az-Zour province.

Repeated loud explosions were heard near the village of Maizila, where fighters practiced assaulting IS positions and fending off attacks on the SDF and coalitionÌýjoint bases.

Dozens of children in Al-Hol camp in northeast Syria, are dying as a result of the dire camp conditions and lack of the most basic safeguards or medical care, writes Suaad Khubieh👇

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In Homs province in Syria's southwest, Russia and the regime military's construction firm started building helipads, according to local sources.

These are being constructed in the Al-Sawwana field, where phosphate is produced.

With Russian air support, the Syrian regime has recently been conducting sweeps of Homs province for IS cells.

The pro-regimeÌýAl-WatanÌýnewspaper claimed these raids had wiped out IS bases and inflicted serious casualties on the extremists.

forces were hit with a surprise attack by late on Sunday in the Al-Sukhnah area.