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Syrian warplanes have pounded the rebel-held city of Idlib with at least 14 airstrikes since regime forces pulled out of the provincial capital over the weekend, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens, a leading anti-regime activist group said Monday, The Daily Star reported.

Elsewhere, a car bomb in the southern province of Deraa killed 13 people, among them women and children, while mortar bombs killed several people in Damascus and wounded dozens.

The Syrian Revolution General Commission, a network of anti-regime activists, posted footage of Civil Defense groups in Idlib using a bulldozer to dig a makeshift mass grave just outside the city for victims of what it said were barrel bombs, vacuum bombs and at least one surface-to-surface missile that hit the city.

One of the strikes destroyed the Syrian Red Crescent hospital, while airstrikes also targeted nearby villages in Idlib province.

An anti-regime news outlet also posted video footage of Civil Defense personnel evacuating a woman wounded in one of the strikes, from Idlib’s small Christian community, wounded in one of the strikes.

A coalition of insurgents, including the Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham militias, seized the town over the weekend after a five-day battle. Ahrar al-Sham has called for a civilian administration to be established to run local affairs.