Nine jihadists were killed Saturday in
Russian airstrikes on Syria's war-torn province of Idlib, a monitoring group said.
"Russian strikes this morning targeted the Hurras al-Deen group and Ansar al-Tahwid in eastern Idlib... killing nine jihadists," said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights, adding eight others were wounded.
Moscow is a key ally of Syria's President
Bashar al-Assad in the country's civil war, and despite an Idlib ceasefire deal reached on August 31, the province has continued to be targeted by Russian air attacks.