A drone picture taken on December 22 shows a deserted playground and damaged buildings in Maaret Al-Numan in the Idlib province. - Regime forces have seized dozens of towns and villages in northwest Syria from jihadists following days of violent clashes, fueling an exodus of civilians, a war monitor said. The fresh advances in Idlib came as Russian warplanes continued to pummel the province's south, killing seven civilians who were trying to escape the flashpoint area the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images)