Dramatic photos from shelling of fuelling depot in Syria - in pictures

Incident occurred in the rebel-held town of Dana

Firefighters extinguish a blaze caused by Syrian government artillery shelling in the rebel-held town of Dana. All photos by AFP

Syrian government forces aimed at a fuel depot affiliated to the Hayat Tahrir Al Sham militant group in the town.

Flames send plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky at the site.

At least three civilians were killed in the shelling, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Hayat Tahrir AlSham, a former Syrian branch of Al Qaeda, controls with its allies about half of the Idlib region and parts of neighbouring provinces.

A ceasefire deal reached in March 2020 has largely held since, despite sporadic flare-ups.

Firefighters battle the blaze at the fuel depot.

The Idlib region bordering Turkey is home to about three million people.

Damascus has carried out several attacks on southern Idlib since June.

The war in Syria has killed about half a million people and displaced millions more, the Observatory says.

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