The new ceasefire agreement in northwestern Syria has been broken.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that the ceasefire in northwestern Syria had broken down on the afternoon of September 26.

According to SOHR, rebels shelled the town of Fuaa in Idlib province, northwestern Idlib, after accusing government forces of violating the ceasefire by dropping barrel bombs in the nearby village of Taftanaz, killing at least five people.

Scenes of devastation after an airstrike in Al-Shaar, Aleppo, on September 17. Photo: Reuters/VNA

Earlier, on September 24, the warring parties in Syria reached a six-month ceasefire agreement in the city of Zabadani, near the capital Damascus, and in the two towns of Fuaa and Kafraya, in Idlib province.

According to the aforementioned 25-point agreement, the rebel fighters allowed approximately 10,000 civilians to leave the two towns of Fuaa and Kafraya this weekend. In return, the Syrian army and Hezbollah released 500 rebel fighters, allowing them and their families to leave Zabadani for Idlib.

Both sides also agreed to cease hostilities in the neighboring towns of Zabadani, such as Madaya, Buqain, and Surghaya, and to end confrontations in several towns and cities in Idlib province.

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