“De-escalation zone” | Regime forces and “Al-Fath Al-Mubin” factions trade fire in Idlib countryside
SOHR sources have reported that a regime soldier was shot dead by a sniper of a faction of “Al-Fath Al-Mubin” operations room on the frontline of Maarrat Mukhas village in the southern countryside of Idlib.
On the other hand, regime forces and factions of “Al-Fath Al-Mubin” operations room traded fire on the frontlines of Nakhshaba and Al-Thalajah in Idlib countryside in the “de-escalation zone,” which caused material damage only.
It is worth noting that the “de-escalation zone” experiences frequent gunfire, infiltration operations and exchange of bombardment between regime forces and opposition factions.
Since early 2023, SOHR has documented 233 operations in the “de-escalation zone,” including attacks, gunfire by snipers and bombardment, which left 348 combatants and civilians dead. In addition, these operations left over 201 combatants and 78 civilians, including 11 women and 26 children, injured.
The fatalities can be distributed as follows:
- 26 civilians, including four women, seven children and a civil defence member, were killed by regime forces.
- 238 members of regime forces, including 16 officers.
- An Afghan militiaman of “Liwaa Fatemiyoun.”
- A member of the Syrian Hezbollah.
- 62 members of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, including a French jihadist.
- 12 members of the jihadist faction of “Ansar Al-Tawhid.”
- One member of “Ahrar Al-Sham” movement.
- Two members of “Al-Sham Corps.”
- One member of “Hurras Al-Din” organisation.
- The Commander-in-chief of Russian Special Tasks Forces.
- A militiaman of the Iranian-backed “Liwaa Al-Baqer.”
- A member of “Soqour Al-Sham.”
- A member of the “National Liberation Front.”