Government forces, opposition exchange shelling in Syria’s northwest
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – On Saturday, the de-escalation areas in northwest Syria witnessed mutual bombardment between armed opposition groups and Syrian government forces in different areas in the countryside of Idlib, Hama, and Latakia.
Field sources told North Press that government forces targeted the groups’ sites in Jabal Turkman area, north of Latakia, with heavy artillery shells and missiles, with no casualties reported.
The government forces stationed in Camp Gorin also targeted locations of the armed groups in the village of Khirbet al-Naqus, west of Hama, with heavy artillery shells, according to the same sources.
In Idlib, the government forces continued shelling the villages and towns of al-Fatira, Kafr Aweid, Sufuhn, Fleifel, and the outskirts of the town of Kansafra in Zawiya Mountain region, according to field sources.
The bombing coincided with intense flight of Russian warplanes over Idlib, the countryside of Hama, and Latakia, while no casualties reported.
In the context of the mutual bombardment, military sources told North Press that Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room targeted positions of the government forces in the town of Tah, south of Idlib, with heavy artillery shells.
Al-Fateh al-Mubeen Operations Room includes: “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly al-Nusra) and the Army of Glory, as well as the National Liberation Front affiliated with the National Army,” according to the same sources.
The armed groups also bombed the sites of the government forces in the vicinity of the city of Kafr Nabl and al-Malajah frontline in Zawiya Mountain region, south of Idlib, and the sources confirmed direct hit.
Government forces and armed groups continue to exchange bombing despite the entry into force of the ceasefire agreement signed between Russia and Turkey on March 5, 2020.