The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Factions foil an infiltration attempt in Hama countryside and nearly 15 airstrikes target the “de-escalation” area

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored violent clashes in the northwestern countryside of Hama, after the rebel factions thwarted an infiltration attempt by the regime forces in al-Badriyyah area, in conjunction with artillery shelling by the regime forces targeted areas of Jubb Suleiman and al-Amiqah in the same countryside.

In the same context, the jihadi factions shelled positions of the regime forces in Tallat al-Borkan near Kabani area in the northern countryside of Latakia. And in Idlib countryside, the helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Talmanas town, Hamidiyya village, and outskirts of Maarrat al-Nu’man city, while regime’s warplanes targeting again the international highway of Aleppo – Damascus, also the Russian warplanes renewed their raids on the vicinity of Khan al-Sobol town in the southern countryside of Idlib.

Raising the number of raids carried out by the Russian warplanes that targeted Talmanas, al-Dier al-Gharbi, and al-Dier al-Sharqi to 8, also the number of air strikes carried out by regime’s warplanes which targeted the international highway of Aleppo – Latakia and Babila village increased to 6, while the number of barrel bombs dropped by helicopters also increased to 4, and this comes after they stopped bombing the “de-escalation” area for about 72 hours, since the evening of the 24th of December 2019.

In the same context, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored artillery shelling carried out by the regime forces targeted the towns of Kafruma, al-Amiriya, and Muqah in the southern countryside of Idlib, while the jihadi factions destroyed an armored vehicle of the regime forces in al-Halba area east of Idlib, also the rebel factions shelled the areas in the countryside of Latakia and Jableh for the second day in a row, but no information about casualties, while the exchanged rocket shelling continues between the factions and jihadist groups against the regime forces and their loyalists, in the frontlines in the countryside of Idlib and Latakia.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored hours ago exchange of rocket fire continues between opposition factions and jihadi groups against the regime soldiers and loyalists.

In this context, the factions and jihadis fired rocket shells on places in Al-Tah and Halaban villages as well as frontline areas in both eastern and south-eastern countryside of Idlib.

Meanwhile, the regime forces fired artillery shells on places in Deir Sharqi, Deir Gharbi, Maarshurin, Maarshamsheh and other surrounding places.