At least seven civilians, including five children, were killed yesterday by air strikes in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, the last outside government control, a monitor said. <br/><br/>Government and allied forces backed by Russian warplanes have been battling jihadist fighters and rebels for over a week in an area straddling the border between Idlib and Hama provinces.<br/><br/>The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, the air strikes targeted the town of Khan Subul in the centre of Idlib province.<br/><br/>The government push on the edge of Idlib province follows two months of sporadic fighting that the United Nations says has displaced more than 60,000 people.