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Syrian government forces injure 3 children, kill HTS leader in Idlib
2023-07-10
[NPASyria] Three children were maimed on Sunday in a ground and air bombardment by Syrian government forces on Zawiya Mountain, south of Idlib Governorate, northwest Syria. The bombardment also targeted villages west of Aleppo.

An opposition military source told North Press that the government forces, located in the city of Kafer Nabl, targeted residential areas in the town of al-Bara, near the Zawiya Mountain, with rockets and heavy artillery at Sunday morning.

As a result, the children Muhammad al-Arab, 7; Omran al-Arab, 5; and the one-year-old Tala al-Arab, were maimed. The children were transferred by civil defense teams to a nearby hospital, according to the source.

Simultaneously, the government forces have renewed their artillery and missile shelling on the villages and towns of al-Fatterah, Kafr Oweid, Sfuhen, and Kansafra, in southern Idlib, as well as Kafr Taal, Kafr Amma, and the outskirts of Kafr Nouran and al-Atarib, west of Aleppo.

No casualties were reported.

On the other hand, another opposition source told North Press that the government forces targeted a vehicle on the vicinity of Kafer Batikh, east of Idlib, at dawn, killing a Chechen leader and injuring two others of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS) while they were in a round on the vicinity of Kafer Batikh.

Al-Chechani is a military leader operates under the umbrella of the HTS.
He’s from Chechnya, so he might be Caucasus Emirate...
Recently, northwest Syria witnessed an escalation of military operations and intense mutual shelling, with Russian warplanes participating in dozens of Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s that killed and injured dozens of people.
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Zawiya Mountain: 2023-06-27 4 ammunition depots and 65 militants die in Idlib zone in Syria
Zawiya Mountain: 2023-06-09 Turkey military convoys to Syria’s Idlib continue flowing
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Southern Idlib: 2023-06-28 Russian warplanes renew airstrikes on Syria's Idlib
Southern Idlib: 2023-06-12 HTS arrests 4 members of a jihadi group called Ajnad al-Kavkaz who were of Russian origin
Southern Idlib: 2023-06-09 Turkey military convoys to Syria’s Idlib continue flowing
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West of Aleppo: 2023-07-05 Four family members killed in HTS’ shelling in western Aleppo
West of Aleppo: 2023-06-06 HTS claims killing of government soldiers in Syria’s Idlib, Aleppo
West of Aleppo: 2023-06-04 Government shelling causes fire to break out in wheat crop in Aleppo
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