The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Regime and Russian jets target Turkish post south of Idlib, killing and injuring ten soldiers

The Syrian Observatory documented the killing and injuring of nearly ten Turkish soldiers as a result of airstrikes carried out by Russian and Syrian regime jets on the Turkish post in Kansafra area in southern sector of Idlib countryside. Several Turkish vehicles were burned and damaged as well.

SOHR reported earlier that Turkish forces and proxy factions carried out a new ground attack on regime forces-controlled Al-Nayrab town in eastern sector of Idlib countryside.

The attack accompanied by intensive Turkish rocket fire with dozens of rocket-propelled grenades and artillery. Violent clashes took place between the two sides for the third time in a row, after the failure of two previous attacks carried out by Turks and proxy factions.

Reliable source informed SOHR that several Turkish vehicles were burned and damaged after the earlier airstrike on the perimeter of Turkish post in Kansarfra in Jabal al-Zawiya. Casualties among Turkish soldiers were reported as a result of aerial bombardment carried out by regime and Russian jets.

Moreover, the number of raids carried out by regime and Russian jets on Monday rose to 120, targeting (1) Balion, (2) Ehsim, (3) Al-Bara, (4) Al-Fatira, (5) Kawkabeh, (6) Mohambel, (7) Kafr Nabl, (8) Hazarin, (9) Basqala, (10) near Ma’aret Harmeh and other towns and villages in Jabal al-Zawiya in Idlib countryside. In addition to places in Jebel Shahshabo, while the civil defense center in Balion put out of service after being directly targeted by Russian jets.