Government shelling on opposition sites in Syria’s Idlib injures 5
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – Five people, including three members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, formerly al-Nusra Front), were injured on Thursday due to an artillery shelling by the Syrian government forces on sites in Idlib and Aleppo governorates, northwest Syria.
Two people were injured with shrapnel in the village of Kafr Nouran, west of Aleppo, and three HTS members were also injured in the countryside of the city of Saraqib, east of Idlib, a source told North Press.
The source said the HTS responded to the government’s shelling and targeted the Urum al-Kubra and Base 46, which are under the government forces’ control, in the west of Aleppo.
Over the past few days, the de-escalation zone witnessed a military escalation and intense mutual shelling between the HTS and the government forces. Russian warplanes also intensified their airstrikes on the region over the past three days.
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 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.