Government and Russian forces bomb fuel market in Syria’s Idlib
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – On Monday, Syrian government and Russian forces targeted locations of the opposition groups in Idlib on the Syrian-Turkish border, and a fuel market, which led to the outbreak of huge fires.
Idlib and parts of the governorates of Aleppo, Hama and Latakia have been included, since March 2020, in an agreement between Moscow and Ankara to stop hostilities in the northwest of the country.
Field sources told North Press that the Russian forces stationed west of the city of Aleppo targeted Sarmada near the Turkish border, north of Idlib, with artillery shells and high-explosive missiles.
The Russian bombing hit the fuel market of the Watad Petroleum Company tied to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which led to the outbreak of huge fires, without any news of casualties, the source said.
Watad, which was established by the Salvation Government (the civilian wing of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham) more than two years ago, is the only party responsible for importing fuel to Idlib.
Furthermore, the government forces continued their artillery and missile strikes against opposition groups’ sites in the villages and towns of al-Bara, al-Fatira, Kansafra and Sufuhn, south of Idlib.
On Sunday, Russian warplanes launched air strikes on sites in the city of Sarmada and the factories of the Watad Petroleum Company near Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey for the first time in years.
Eight people were killed and others were wounded in the artillery shelling by government forces on Maghara Hospital near the city of Atarib, west of Aleppo, which led to the hospital being completely out of service.