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S/2018/243 18-04045 19/21 • On 2 February, air strikes around a camp for internally displaced persons on the outskirts of the village of Tall Hadiyah, in the vicinity of opposition-controlled territory in southern Aleppo, allegedly killed seven civilians, including two women and a child. • On 19 February, ground-based strikes hit a residential area in the village of Basutah in Shirawah district, just south of Afrin, allegedly killing a 13-year-old girl and injuring at least seven other children between 7 and 14 years of age from the same family. • On 21 February, a ground-based strike hit a street in the centre of Afrin, reportedly damaging civilian infrastructure, including the building that housed the Malak Association, which provides services for children with disabilities and orphans. Two boys inside the building were slightly injured by shattered glass. The Association reportedly hosted 12 children and seven staffers, all of whom were relocated to another building in the city. • On 27 February, ground-based strikes hit near a moving vehicle in the village of Yalanquz, Jindayris district, allegedly killing a civilian accompanying his mother to their home in the village. The pair had earlier fled towards Afrin as a result of the fighting. Idlib Governorate • On 4 February, air strikes hit a residential area of opposition-controlled Kafr Nubl in Ma‘arrat al-Nu‘man district, reportedly killing 9 civilians, including two women and three boys (several from the same family), and injuring at least 20 others. • On 4 February, air strikes hit a large hospital in opposition-controlled Ma‘arrat al-Nu‘man, allegedly causing substantial damage. The incident also reportedly injured at least five newborns and several other patients, including some wounded in an earlier incident, who displayed symptoms of suffocation. Patients had to be evacuated to nearby houses or to the hospital in Kafr Nubl. • On 4 February, air strikes hit a residential area in opposition-held eastern Saraqib, reportedly injuring 11 civilian men, including three first responders. OHCHR spoke to a medical source who had treated the injured and who reported that the victims all presented symptoms such as suffocation, burning eyes and agitation, which he noted was consistent with exposure to toxic agents. • On 4 February, air strikes hit a building in a residential area of opposition-controlled Wadi al-Nasim, in the south-east of the city of Idlib, allegedly killing 12 civilians, including four women and four girls (one of whom a 1-month-old infant), and injuring at least 21 others, including five women and four children. • On 5 February, air strikes hit a surgical hospital in Kafr Nubl, reportedly resulting in extensive damage, including to the emergency room and patients’ rooms, and the destruction of an ambulance parked outside the building. The patients, some of whom were brought from another hospital struck the day before, had to be evacuated. • On 5 February, air strikes hit a primary health centre in the opposition-held village of Mardikh, Saraqib subdistrict, allegedly causing substantial damage and putting it out of service. On the same day, air strikes hit a blood bank in Saraqib, allegedly causing further material damage. The facility was previously hit and rendered inoperable on 18 January