Government shelling on opposition posts continues in Syria’s Aleppo, Idlib
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – On Friday, Syrian government forces continued shelling posts of Turkish-backed armed opposition factions in the countryside of Idlib and Aleppo, northwest Syria.
On Friday morning, the government forces, stationed in the city of Kafranbel, shelled the factions’ posts in the town of Iblin and the outskirts of al-Bara town in Zawiya Mountain, south of Idlib, with Krasnopol shells, sources of the factions told North Press.
Additionally, the government forces bombarded the outskirts of the village of Kafr Nouran in the western countryside of Aleppo with heavy artillery shells and machine guns, the sources added.
As a result of the shelling, more than ten houses were damaged in the aforementioned areas in conjunction with intensive Russian and Iranian drone flight over the area, according to the sources.
For months, areas in Syria’s northwest have been witnessing mutual shelling between parties to the conflict in different areas amid news on government military reinforcements to different areas in the region.
Although the de-escalation zone in northwest Syria is subject to a Russian-Turkish ceasefire agreement signed in March 2020, the area witnesses frequent mutual bombardment despite the entry of the ceasefire into force.