Beirut, Muharram 3, 1437, Oct 16, 2015, SPA -- At least 60 people, including 30 children and women, were killed in Russian and Syrian airstrikes on opposition fighters-held areas in the central province of Homs, dpa cited a monitoring group as reporting on Friday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the dead included 17 opposition fighters. The overnight strikes were part of a major attack launched on Thursday by troops of Bashar al-Assad's regime, with Russian air support, against opposition fighters on the northern outskirts of Homs. --SPA 12:24 LOCAL TIME 09:24 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w