Mutual shelling occur between opposition, government forces in northwest Syria
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – De-escalation zone in the countryside of Hama, Aleppo, and Idlib in northwestern Syria witnessed on Saturday night a renewal of mutual shelling between Turkish-backed Syrian armed opposition factions and government forces in many positions.
Military opposition sources told North Press that the government forces positioned in Base 46 attacked, with dozens of rockets and artillery shells, the villages and towns of Kafr Nuran, Tuqad, Rehab, Kafr Taal, and Kafr Amma in the western countryside of Aleppo.
The sources added that shelling occurred in other positions in the villages and towns of al-Fatterah, Kafr Oweid , Sfuhen, Kansafra in Zawiya Mountain, south of Idlib, the outskirts of the town of Maarat al-Naasan in the east, and the town of al-Ziyarah in Ghab Plain, west of Hama.
Meanwhile, military sources in al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room told North Press that their factions targeted, with heavy artillery shells and rocket launchers, the positions of the government forces in the village of Basratun and Base 46 in the west of Aleppo, and al-Malaja in the south of Idlib.
In the last few days, the government forces escalated their attacks on the last pockets of the Syrian opposition in northwestern Syria.
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 between Syrian government forces and opposition factions accompanied by Russian warplanes’ flight 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.