Syrian forces unleash big assault on southern Idlib
[AlMasdar] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their air force unleashed a big assault in southern Idlib, Tuesday, targeting the jihadist rebel positions near the Hama provincial border.
Led by their 11th Tank Division, the Syrian Arab Army heavily bombarded the jihadist trenches that were raised near the towns of Sukeek and al-Taman’ah.
The Syrian Arab Army would then expand their assault to the northern countryside of Hama, where they fired several missiles and artillery shells towards the Jaish al-Izza towns of al-Lataminah, Zakat, and Kafr Zita.
While the ground troops hammered both southern Idlib and northern Hama, the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) launched several
s between the towns of Ma’arat al-Nu’man and Khan Sheikhoun.The main road between Ma’arat al-Nu’man and Khan Sheikhoun is one of the most important supply routes for Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham in the southern countryside of Idlib.
Jihadist rebels preparing to launch massive attack in Idlib – Russia
[AlMasdar] The leadership of radical groups in Syria openly declares the preparation for an offensive against Syrian government forces and refuses to hold any sort of dialogue on political settlement, Maj. Gen. Alexei Tsygankov, head of the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation, said Tuesday.
"The command of ’National Liberation Army’ [Organization for the Liberation of the Levant, formerly Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant, now something else...or the Nusra Front, a terror group outlawed in Russia] ’National Front for the Liberation of Syria’ and ’National Front for Liberation’ openly declares preparations for an offensive against government forces and rejects any dialogue on political settlement of the conflict," Tsygankov said at a briefing.
Tsygankov reiterated again that the Russian Reconciliation Center calls on commanders of Lion of Islam groups to abandon armed provocations and choose the path of a peaceful settlement in the areas under their control.
Alexei Tsygankov also said that murderous Moslems had detained more than 500 supporters of the dialogue with Damascus in Syria’s Idlib de-escalation zone in the past two weeks, and that the fate of most of them was unknown.
"Arrests of supporters of political dialogue with Damascus among the local population and opposition commanders on the territory of the Idlib de-escalation zone continue. The number of citizens detained by murderous Moslems from radical groups in the last two weeks has already exceeded 500. The detainees are being taken away to an unknown destination, the fate of most of them is unknown," Tsygankov said.