Government, opposition resume mutual shelling in Syria’s northwest
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – De-escalation zone in the countryside of Aleppo, Hama and Idlib in northwest Syria witnessed on Sunday mutual shelling between Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, known as Syrian National Army (SNA).
An opposition source told North Press that the government forces, stationed at Kafr Nabl and Bsakla, fired artillery shells and rockets at opposition positions in the villages and towns of Fatterah, Kafr Oweid, Sfuhen, Kansafra, Fleifel, al-Ruweiha and Deir Sunbul in Zawiya Mountain, south of Idlib.
The source said that the government forces also shelled positions in the villages and towns of Kafr Amma, Kafr Taal, Tuqad, Maklabis, Sheikh Suleiman, al-Habatah and Kafr Nouran in the western countryside of Aleppo.
Meanwhile, a source of the National Front for Liberation told North Press that al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room targeted with heavy artillery the government forces’ positions in Base 46, west of Aleppo, and the village of Barakeh in al-Ghab Plain, west of Hama.
Al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room includes the National Front for Liberation, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Jaysh al-Izza. The military bloc is active in northwest Syria in general.
The areas in the de-escalation zone in northwestern Syria 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 military action in Idlib.