Syrian regime warplanes bombed rebel-held areas in Latakia province, killing two people, including a child, activists said Tuesday.
8 more people were wounded in Habboushiya village that overlooks on the western countryside of Idlib province where regime forces seek to capture an array of villages to secure the coastal province.
In relevant development, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said Tuesday regime warplanes dropped barrel bombs on rebel-held areas of Hama province Tuesday, a day after the United States said their use could lead to further U.S. strikes in Syria.
A military source denied the Observatory report and said the army did not use barrel bombs - drums or cylinders packed with explosives and shrapnel that cause indiscriminate destruction on the ground.
The Observatory said "a number" of barrel bombs had been dropped on the towns of Taybat al-Imam and Soran north of Hama city in an area where rebel groups spearheaded by extremist factions launched a major offensive last month.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer Monday mentioned barrel bombs alongside poison gas as weapons that were causing "babies and children" to suffer. "If you gas a baby, if you put a barrel bomb in to innocent people ... you will see a response from this president," he said.
The Syrian military source said: "We do not use these barrels and they do not exist in the Syrian Arab Army."
Army operations were continuing across Syria, and "will not stop", Reuters said.
The peaceful demonstrations that ended up with deadly war carried out by the Syrian regime and key regional players has killed at least 465,000 people, including 150,000 children and has displaced over 12 million people
