Two markets in the Northwest of Syria have been his by Air strikes leaving more that 50 people dead amidst failing peace talks in Geneva

Syria’s opposition negotiators said they were leaving peace talks. The opposition’s Higher Negotiations Committee (HNC) announced its delegation was leaving Geneva because no advances were made in the talks.

The strike is among the deadliest since the ceasefire that took effect during the end of February.

According to rescue workers said more than 40 people were killed in the town of Maarat al-Numan in the rebel stronghold of Idlib province while another 10 people were killed in an air strike on a market in the nearby town of Kafr Nubl

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