Three civilians, including a child, were killed, on Wednesday, in artillery shelling by the regime forces in northwestern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

An AFP correspondent in northwestern Syria reported heavy artillery shelling targeting several villages and towns controlled by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra) in the neighboring governorates of Idlib and Aleppo, pointing out that Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham targeted areas controlled by the regime forces with missiles.

And the Syrian Observatory reported that "three civilians, including a child, were killed, and two others were injured of varying degrees as a result of shelling carried out by the regime forces with heavy artillery on the town of Kafr Nuran in the western countryside of Aleppo."

An AFP correspondent and the Syrian Observatory indicated that the mutual shelling continued between the two sides, especially in the western countryside of Aleppo.

In the town of Kafr Nouran, an AFP correspondent reported damage to a house, and residents said that the strike occurred in a neighborhood while residents were on the street, some of whom were buying fruit.

In the morning, a member of the regime forces was killed by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham fire in the eastern countryside of Idlib, according to the Observatory.

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham controls about half of Idlib's area and limited adjacent areas from the governorates of Hama, Aleppo and Latakia. The region is home to three million people, about half of whom are displaced.

Since March 2020, a cease-fire has been in force declared by Moscow, an ally of Damascus, and Turkey, which supports the fighting factions, after a massive attack by the regime forces, during which they managed to control half of Idlib.

The region witnesses from time to time mutual shelling by several parties, as well as raids by the regime forces and Russia, although the ceasefire is still holding to a large extent.

Since 2011, Syria has been witnessing a bloody conflict that has killed about half a million people, caused massive destruction to infrastructure and productive sectors, and led to the displacement of millions of people inside and outside the country.