Government forces set fires to houses east of Aleppo
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, soldiers of Syrian government forces set fire to a number of houses near posts of Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, also known as Syrian National Army (SNA), in the countryside of al-Bab city, east of Aleppo.
In the early morning, the soldiers of the government forces burned a number of houses on the contact lines with the Turkish-backed SNA in the town of Tadif, southeast of al-Bab, an eyewitness told North Press.
“The reason behind this operation, according to a military source, is to stop the continuous fortifications in those houses during the repeated clashes, in addition to preventing the infiltration that takes place from time to time on both sides,” the eyewitness added.
The town of Tadif witnesses frequent violent clashes between the government forces and the opposition factions, coinciding with a military escalation between the two parties as both control different parts in the town, according to the eyewitness.
Since 2017, the city of al-Bab in the eastern countryside of Aleppo has been under the control of the Turkish-backed opposition factions.