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Syrian army shelling of opposition-held Idlib threatens ceasefire deal
2019-01-13
[Rudaw] Syrian army artillery struck areas of opposition-held Idlib on Saturday after forces of Evil allegedly tried to infiltrate regime held areas, according to state TV network SANA.

Regime shelling was focused on the town of Tamanaa near Maaret al-Numan, which was seized from Ottoman Turkish-backed rebels by jihadist forces earlier this week.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based conflict monitor, the regime shelled six areas inside and around Idlib.

Opposition held areas of the province are now completely under the control of the "Salvation Government" ‐ the administrative arm of the former al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
(HTS).

The group boasts 25,000 fighters, SOHR reports.

The National Liberation Front
...the Turkic paramilitaries intended to replace with their native jihadi ferocity all the highly trained Turkish soldiers Sultan Erdogan I the much beloved has jailed in the last few years for not worshipping the ground he walks upon. The Uighurs and so forth who did not join Al Nusra or ISIS seem to have ended up here...
(NLF) ‐ an alliance of rebel groups backed by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
‐ has withdrawn to the Aleppo countryside and Afrin, leaving HTS in control of all border crossings.

Turkey and Russia brokered a buffer zone agreement between the regime and the armed opposition last autumn to prevent a government offensive, which the UN feared would lead to a bloodbath.

Now that Ottoman Turkish-backed forces have withdrawn, it is unclear whether the ceasefire will hold.

Ottoman Turkish troops and tanks held military exercises on the border with Idlib on Saturday, Rooters reports. Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria fear Ankara is preparing for an offensive against the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and may move its forces east.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Now that Turkish-backed forces have withdrawn, it is unclear whether the ceasefire will hold.
I will take "What is Answered 'No' " for 100$, Alex.
Posted by: magpie   2019-01-13 15:47  

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