BALADI NEWS
The Syrian National Army (SNA) and rebels fighters have captured four settlements that were occupied by the Syrian regime forces in Idlib.
Military opposition sources reported that the SNA regained the southern villages of Aciz, Resim al Varad, Istablat and Suruc after fierce clashes with regime forces. During this operation, a tank, a personnel carrier, two multiple rocket launchers and a large number of regime soldiers were eliminated. Reportedly, clashes continued after the four villages were seized.
The de-escalation zone is currently home to some 4 million civilians, including hundreds of thousands displaced in recent years by regime forces throughout the war-weary country.
Last September, Turkey and Russia agreed to turn Idlib into a de-escalation zone where acts of aggression were expressly prohibited. The Syrian regime and its allies, however, consistently broke the terms of this cease-fire, launching frequent attacks inside the zone and violating the Astana process.
During the attacks by the Assad regime along with Russia and Iran-backed groups that intensified in the last month, many schools and hospitals were targeted while 62,000 civilians were displaced in the last four weeks.
In the last two months alone, more than 500 people, 130 of whom are children, were killed in Idlib by attacks of the regime and its supporters.
Source: Daily Sabah.