Emergency workers retrieve bodies and paramedics treat wounded after strikes, on October 17, targeted rebel-held Idlib countryside in northwest Syria. A Syrian war monitoring organisation said Russia carried out strikes on the area, while the Russian military, which is allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has not commented on the Idlib bombardment. About half of Idlib province and other areas are controlled by former Al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). IMAGES