Mutual bombardment continues in Syria’s de-escalation zone
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – On Friday, areas in the de-escalation zone in the countryside of Idlib, Aleppo and Hama, northwest Syria, witnessed persistent exchange of shelling between the Syrian government forces and the Turkish-backed armed Syrian opposition factions.
Military sources of the opposition told North Press the government forces targeted, with dozens of artillery shells and missiles, the opposition sites in the towns and villages of Fatterah, Kafr Oweid, Sfuhen, Kansafra, Benin, Fleifel, al-Ruweiha and al-Bara in Zawiya Mountain south of Idlib.
The sources added that the government shelling also hit the villages and towns of al-Habatah, Kafr Amma, Kafr Nouran, Tuqad, Maklabis, Sheikh Suleiman, al-Wasatah, al-Qasr west of Aleppo.
Additionally, the government forces targeted the villages of Sirmaniyah and Enkawi in Ghab Plain west of Hama, according to the same sources.
Sources in the National Front for Liberation told North Press that al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room targeted with heavy artillery shells and missiles the government forces’ positions in Base 46 and the village of Tadil west of Aleppo.
Al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room includes the National Front for Liberation, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formely al-Nusra Front) and Jaysh al-Izza. The military bloc is active in northwest Syria in general.
For months, the areas in the de-escalation zone in northwestern Syria, especially in south of Idlib and west of Aleppo, continue to witness daily exchange of bombardment between the SNA factions and the government forces, despite being part of the ceasefire agreement signed between Russia and Turkey in March 2020, which stipulates a halt of all military actions in Idlib.