Russian warplanes target armed factions’ sites in Syria’s Idlib, Aleppo
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – On Saturday, Russian warplanes renewed their targeting of armed opposition-controlled areas in the countryside of Idlib and Aleppo, northwest Syria.
Russian warplanes launched six air raids and fired high-explosive thermobaric missiles at the western outskirts of the town of al-Bara in Zawiya Mountain area in the southern countryside of Idlib, opposition military sources told North Press.
Similar air raids with thermobaric missiles targeted the vicinity of the towns of Kafr Amma and Tadel in the western countryside of Aleppo, without information about casualties, the source added.
They indicated that the Russian air raids resulted in the destruction of public and private properties, amid intense flight of Russian and Iranian drones over the region.
The air raids coincided with artillery shelling by Syrian government forces, which targeted opposition factions’ sites in the towns of Qastoun and Qeleidin in Ghab Plain area in the western countryside of Hama, according to the same 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.