The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

After the entry of large numbers of weapons, factions operate under the banner of National Liberation Front detonate again a bridge linking them with regime forces’-controlled areas

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored explosions in Sahl al-Ghab at the northwestern countryside of Hama dawn on Friday, the 14th of September 2018, it turned out to be caused by detonating a bridge by factions operate under the “National Liberation Front”, where the bridge links the factions-controlled village of Twinah with regime forces’-controlled village of al-Hurra, where the bridge was detonated after an attempted detonation on the 5th of this month by the same factions, where a section of it was damaged and they could not detonate it back then, where the Syrian Observatory published back then that several explosions shook dawn on Wednesday, the 5th of September 2018, areas in Sahl al-Ghab in the northwestern countryside of Hama, it turned out to be caused by an attempt by factions operate under the “National Liberation Front” to detonate al-Twinah bridge, which connects the factions-controlled village of al-Twinah with the regime forces-controlled village of al-Hurra, which caused damage to the bridge but the factions were unable to destroy it, and the attempt to destroy the bridge came 5 days after detonating other bridges in the area by the same factions, where the Syrian Observatory published on the 31st of August 2018 that several explosions were heard on Friday morning, the 31st of August which shook Sahl al-Ghab area at the northwestern countryside of Hama, they were caused by detonating 2 bridges by the factions in the area, and in the details monitored by the Syrian Observatory: the factions blew up on dawn of today the bridge of Beit Ras which connects the factions’ areas with the regime forces’-control village of al-Jeed, in addition to detonating al-Sharia bridge which connects the factions’ controlled areas with al-Karim village which is controlled by the regime forces.

Sahl al-Ghab had witnessed similar operations during the past months and years, by detonating of several bridges by the factions and the regime forces, where detonating the bridges that link areas of control of both parties comes as part of the fortifications by the factions for their positions and points in the area to repel any possible attack by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them at any time, after the massive military reinforcements which were brought by the regime forces to Hama, Idlib, and Mountains of the coast.

The SOHR also published today the 13th of September 2018, that it obtained information from several reliable sources that military movements are taking place through the border between Iskenderun and Idlib, and in the details confirmed by the Syrian Observatory’s reliable sources: tens of trucks have entered Idlib province and its surroundings through Kafrluseen crossing, where about 185 trucks have entered under the supervision of the Turkish forces to the National Liberation Front, which is operating in Idlib province, the countryside of Hama and their surroundings, the sources confirmed that the trucks carry military equipment, weapons, and ammunition including missiles, also the sources confirmed that Kafrluseen crossing –which was opened by the Turkish authorities during the process of establishing control posts of the Turkish Forces in Idlib Province– have witnessed in the recent days the entry of these arms shipments, in conjunction with the absence of warplanes and helicopters of the regime and the Russians from the airspace areas of the Russian – Turkish truce in Aleppo, Hama, Idlib, and Latakia.