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The rescue service, which works in opposition territory, said shelling and air raids killed 24 people in villages in the north-west on Tuesday, Syria time, including children.

In satellite photos, plumes of dark smoke rise from the countryside around al-Habeet village in Idlib and the small town of Kafr Nabouda in Hama.

The before and after images, collected at the start and end of last week, show patches of scorched earth, fields blackened by fire, and clusters of destroyed buildings. Some of the fires appear to be 

Mustafa al-Haj Yousef, head of the Idlib civil defence, said government warplanes had been pounding crop fields, sparking dozens of fires.

But Syrian state news agency SANA said on Tuesday that it was the militants who had shelled villages in the northern Hama countryside, damaging houses and burning wheat fields.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/olive-and-wheat-fields-burn-as-syrian-troops-move-further-into-idlib-20190529-p51sg6.html