Russia says its planes, and Syria's, have not flown over Aleppo for 9 days

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian and Syrian warplanes have not flown closer than 10 kilometres (6.21 miles) of Syria's Aleppo for nine days, the Russian defence ministry said on Thursday. Rescue workers and a monitoring group have said air strikes by Syrian or Russian warplanes on Wednesday had killed at least 26 people in a village in the rebel-held province of Idlib, which is in northwest Syria near Aleppo. (Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; Writing by Denis Pinchuk; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)