Government, Opposition exchange Shelling In Syria’s Northwest
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – De-escalation zone in the countryside of Aleppo and Idlib in northwest Syria witnessed on Tuesday, 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 fired artillery shells and rockets at opposition positions in the villages and towns of Fatterah, Kafr Oweid, Sfuhen, Kansafra, Benin, and al-Ruweiha in Zawiya Mountain, south of Idlib, in addition to Halluz, Alyeh, and Sheikh Sndian in west of Idlib.
The source added that the government forces also targeted the villages and towns of Tuqad, Kafr Taal, Kafr Amma, Maklabis, Sheikh Salman, and the outskirts al-Atarib, and al-Wasatah of in the western countryside of Aleppo.
Meanwhile, a source in the National Front for Liberation told North Press that “al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room targeted with heavy artillery outposts of the government forces in Base 46, west of Aleppo, and the village of Baraka 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.