Syrian army launches an attack in southeast of Idlib amid heavy bombardment in Latakia

Northwestern Syria – North-Press Agency  

The Syrian government forces have violated the ongoing ceasefire truce by targeting the de-escalation zones, where the truce was declared at the dawn of last Saturday, followed by a serenity which was prevailed in the area and is still going on.

Where fierce clashes took place at the dawn of Friday between the Syrian government forces and the armed opposition groups in the area of Hilban, in the southeastern countryside of Idlib following a Syrian government attack on the area in an attempt to advance, while the fighting was accompanied with reciprocal targeting between the both sides.   

After midnight on Friday, the Syrian government forces targeted areas in the towns of al-Tah, Heesh, Kafr Sajnah, Um Jalal, al-Ameriyah and Hass in the southern countryside of Idlib, and the area of Badama in its western countryside, causing material damage without any information regarding human losses.

Also, the area of al-Akrad mountain in the northeastern countryside of Latakia was targeted by the Syrian army and its affiliate groups, amid intensive overflights of the Russian scout and aircraft over the region.

While clashes took place between the Syrian government forces and the armed opposition groups and other jihadi groups in the area of al-Zahra’a in the western outskirts of Aleppo, amid reciprocal shelling between the both sides which caused humans casual.

Eventually, the state of serenity returned to the de-escalation zones in northwestern Syria, in conjunction with the return movement of the displaced people to their villages and towns from which they were previously displaced to camps in northern Idlib and close to the Syrian-Turkish borders.