Government, Opposition shelling fire up front lines in Syria’s Northwest
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – Areas in de-escalation zone in the countryside of Hama, and Idlib, northwest Syria, witnessed on Saturday mutual shelling between Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed armed Syrian opposition factions, known as Syrian National Army (SNA).
A military source from the opposition told North Press that the government forces fired more than 60 artillery shells and rockets at opposition positions in the villages and towns of Fatterah, Kafr Oweid, Sfuhen, Kansafra, al-Ruweiha, San, Majdalia, Maarbalit, and Benin in Zawiya Mountain, south of Idlib.
The source added that the government forces also targeted the SNA military posts in the villages and towns of Kafr Taal, Tuqad, al-Wasatah, al-Qasr, and Rehab in the western countryside of Aleppo.
Similar shelling targeted the towns and villages of al-Ankawi, al-Hamidiyah, Sirmaniyah in al-Ghab Plain, west of Hama, according to the same source.
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 the village of al-Bahsa in al-Ghab Plain, west of Hama, and base 46 west of Aleppo west of Aleppo. No casualties were recorded.
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.