Northwest Syria witnesses shelling between government and opposition
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – In tandem with intense flight of Russian drones over the region, the western countryside of Aleppo in the de-escalation zone in northwest Syria witnessed military escalation and exchange of shelling between the Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed opposition factions on Wednesday.
The opposition factions’ sites in the vicinity of the town of a-Enkawi in the Gab Plain, west of Hama, were bombed by the heavy artillery and missiles by the government forces, North Press reported military sources of the opposition.
“The bombing was intensely targeted the contact points between the government forces and the opposition factions in the aforementioned area,” the sources added.
Meanwhile, al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room bombed the government forces’ sites near Sheikh Aqil area in the western countryside of Aleppo with heavy artillery, according to the sources.
Recently, 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.