Violent clashes between forces of government, opposition leave causalties
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – The de-escalation zone in the countryside of Idlib, Aleppo and Hama, northwest of Syria, witnessed on Thursday violent clashes between the government forces and Turkish-backed opposition SNA factions.
Since this morning, the government forces have intensified shelling, with heavy artillery and missiles, the villages and towns of al-Fatira, Kafr Aweed, Sufuhn, Benin, Fleifel and al-Ruwaiha in Zawiya Mountain, south of Idlib, military sources in the opposition told North Press.
The government forces stationed in Ma’arat al-Numan, Kafr Nabl and the surrounding checkpoints targeted the aforementioned areas with about 80 artillery and missile shells, without any reports of casualties, the sources added.
The area near the city of Saraqib, east of Idlib, witnessed last night violent clashes, which was considered the first of its kind in nearly a year, between the government forces and the SNA.
According to military sources, the violent clashes and mutual shelling lasted for about three hours. As a result, four members of the Tahrir al-Sham and al-Sham Legion factions were killed and several members of the government forces were killed and wounded.
On Wednesday, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham it targeted the government forces’ posts in the city of Kasab, north of Latakia, with heavy artillery.
Areas in the de-escalation zone in the northwest of Syria continue to witness daily exchange of bombardment between the Turkish-backed opposition factions and the government forces.