Town in Syria's Idlib province battered by air strikes Air strikes on northwest Syria's mainly jihadist-controlled province of Idlib have been ongoing in recent days, according to a Britain-based monitor said, despite being designated in May as one of Syria's "de-escalation" zones under an accord between regime allies Russia and Iran, and rebel backer Turkey. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITE of destruction in the town of Jisr al-Shughur