After a relative calm on the battle fronts…the clashes accompanied by intensive shelling return to the south-eastern countryside of Idlib and the regime forces seek a new advancement
Idlib Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: shelling by the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them is continuing on the controlled areas of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the factions, in the southern and the south-eastern countryside of Idlib and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored intensive targeting by the regime forces to the villages of Al-Tubiyeh, Mushrifat Al-Khanzir, and Rajm Mushrif, in an attempt to achieve further advancement in the area and take the control of more villages and towns in the south-eastern countryside of Idlib, amid violent clashes between the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions, in areas in the south-eastern countryside of Idlib and in the vicinity of the villages mentioned above.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored shelling by the regime forces on areas in Sukayk and Al-Tamanah in the southern countryside of Idlib, in conjunction with 2 raids carried out by the warplanes on areas in Maarrat Al-Nu’man city about which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that the warplanes targeted in the morning of the 2nd of January 2018 a museum in Maarrat Al-Nu’man in the southern countryside of Idlib, and caused significant destruction in parts of the museum, which used to be a headquarters of the regime in the city back in 2011 and 2012, and later became the headquarters of Ansar al-Islam Brigades, and the trusted sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that these airstrikes have damaged parts of the museum, but no information about casualties, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published this morning that a squadron of warplanes flew yesterday before the midnight and after the midnight over Idlib countryside, targeting by intensive strikes places in the outskirts of Saraqeb town and the road linking Ariha, Saraqeb, Maar Dibsah, Jarjnaz, east of Idlib, and the outskirts of Maarrat Al-Nu’man, Horsh Bnin, Maarat Shurin, and the outskirts of Al-Mastumah and Wadi Al-Deif in the southern section of Idlib countryside.
And it is noteworthy that the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them has increased their scope of control in Idlib, and the number of the villages they have controlled since the start of their attack on the 22nd of October 2017, has increased to 65 towns, villages and areas, which are “Umm Al-Khalayil, Niha, Zarzur, Sham Al-Hawa, al-Khwyn, Al-Salumiya, Al-Jadu’eiyah, Tel Za’atar, Atshan, Tel Maraq, Abu Omar, Al-Nasriya, Al-Hamdaniya, and its station, Abu Dali, Umm Haratin, Tel Tawila Mohamoud, Ras Al-Ain, Tel Aswad, Qabibat, Um Al-Huda, al-Hawiyyah, Al-Rweideh, al-Syriatel Hill, Al-Shatib, Al-Zafriyyah, Al-Blil, Um Khazim, Um Trikiyyeh, Rajm al-Ahmar, Al-Shahatiyyah, Al-Mestriha, Jub Abyad, Rasm Abu Mayyal, RasmAl-Sawwan, Rasm Al-Sawi, Rasm Al-Ahmar, Rasm Al-Tina, Abu Laffah, Al-Mshirfah, Jwi’eid, Hasrat, Khirbat Al-Rahjan, Hasnawi, Mweileh Shamali, Qasr Ali , Qasr Shawi, Tal Mahsar, Al-Rabiaa, Duma, Rabda, Hazem, Arafa, Mrijeb al-Jamlan, Al-Khefyeh, Sham Al Hawa, Al Rahraha, Sarha, Abu Al-Gher, Hasnawi and Baghidid, and Mrijeb al-Jamlan.