Khmeimim monitors 5 shelling cases in Syria’s northwest by HTS
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria at Khmeimim Air Base announced on Wednesday militants of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front), carried out five attacks on the de-escalation zone northwest Syria.
Oleg Yegorov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation, said that five shelling cases were recorded on Tuesday in de-escalation zone from posts of the terrorist “al-Nusra Front.”
On Wednesday, Russian aircrafts renewed their airstrikes on Syrian opposition held-areas in the countryside of Idlib, northwest Syria, in light of ongoing shelling between the Syrian government forces and the Turkish-backed armed Syrian opposition factions.
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.
In March 2020, Russia and Turkey reached an agreement in Moscow that stipulated a ceasefire, the establishment of a safe corridor, and the conduct of joint patrols on the M4/Aleppo-Latakia Highway.
Since the beginning of July, several fronts south of Idlib and west of Aleppo have been witnessing an unprecedented military escalation, which is the first of its kind since the signing of the de-escalation agreement between Russia and Turkey in March 2020.
Yegorov added that one shelling case was carried out each in Aleppo and Hama, and two cases in Latakia.