Heavy clashes erupted between government, opposition in northwest Syria
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – On Wednesday, violent clashes, the first in months, took place between the Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed opposition factions in the de-escalation zone in the northwest of the country.
Since this morning, the government forces have heavily bombed the opposition factions’ sites in the villages and towns of Kafr Nuran, Kafr Ta’al, Tuqad and the outskirts of Atarib city, west of Aleppo, military sources of the opposition told North Press.
Following the bombing, violent clashes occurred between the opposition factions and the government forces near the Miznaz-Kafr Nuran area, west of Aleppo, for the first time in a while. Heavy weapons were used in the clashes by both sides, the sources added.
The opposition sites in the villages and towns of Fatterah, Kafr Oweid, Sfuhen, and Kansafra in Zawiya Mountain, were bombed with heavy artillery and missiles by the government forces, according to the same sources.
“Al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room bombed the government forces’ sites in the towns of Kafr Halab, Miznaz, the Regiment 46, and the Artillery College, west of Aleppo,” the sources said.
For months, areas in Syria’s northwest have been witnessing mutual shelling between parties to the conflict in different areas amid news on government military reinforcements to different areas in the region.
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.