Deaths from air attack on prison in Syria

beirut - Certainly sixteen people have been slain Friday during a raid on a prison in the Syrian province of Idlib controlled by rebels. It reports the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Saturday. Both prisoners and prison staff were killed.

Idlib is one of the main strongholds of the rebels trying to overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian air force, backed by Russia, performs regularly bombing in the area in northwest Syria.

The Observatory says it has received information that was shot a number of casualties when they tried to flee the prison after the air raid.