Air strikes hit Idlib's Sheikh Mustafa as Syria army battles jihadists Smoke billows during reported Syrian government forces' bombardments on the village of Sheikh Mustafa in the southern countryside of the jihadist-held Idlib province. The Damascus regime and its Russian ally have upped their deadly bombardment in recent weeks on Syria's northwestern region of Idlib held by the country's former Al-Qaeda affiliate, causing more than 200,000 people to flee their homes, according to the United Nations. IMAGES