Air strikes have killed at least five people in a village in the Syrian rebel-held region of Idlib, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports.
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The monitor said the death toll from the air strikes in the village of Tarmala, some 40km south of Idlib city, was expected to rise.
Syrian government forces backed by allied militia and the Russian air force, are waging an offensive in southern areas of Idlib province, the largest chunk of territory still held by rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad.
The Observatory also said the death toll from air strikes in Idlib city on Sunday had risen to 11, with more dead pulled from the rubble of destroyed buildings.
Sixteen people died as air strikes pounded insurgent-held suburbs east of Damascus on Tuesday.
Syrian government aircraft and shelling hit the towns of Harasta, Hamouriya, Douma and other parts of the eastern Ghouta pocket near the capital, the Observatory said.
