The regime forces intends to advance towards a village at the outskirts of Sinjar Township in the eastern section of Idlib countryside

The violent clashes renewed after the midnight of Thursday – Friday, between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions, near Sheikh Baraka village south-west of Sinjar Township in the eastern countryside of Idlib, as a result of an attack by the regime forces to advance towards Sheikh Baraka village, where Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the Islamic factions faced this attempt of advancement, while the area witnessed violent and intensive shelling by the regime forces on Sinjar and Sheikh Baraka front, and information about casualties in the ranks of the both parties, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published last night that the regime forces continue the rocket-shelling operation on areas in the Sinjar town in the eastern countryside of Idlib, amid calm in the clash areas between the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic factions and Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, along with the decrease of shelling intensity on the contact areas as well as the countryside of Idlib this evening, while the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that the operations of the regime forces backed by their allied militiamen of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities led by Brigadier Suhail Al-Hassan in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, where they continue targeting the villages and towns of this countryside to open the road for their forces to advance, where these forces managed to advance in the areas of Al-Qasr Al-Abyad, Al-Hiqiyah, Rabia Mousa, rising to 10, the number of villages and farms controlled by the regime forces in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, while eha targeting operation are still ongoing in the areas in conjunction with the withdrawal of the factions as a result of the heavy shelling, amid ongoing attempts by the regime forces to achieve further advancement in several villages and towns.

This expand of controlled areas rises to 80, the number of villages, towns and areas controlled by the regime forces since the 22nd of October 2017, which are  Al-Niha, Tel Umm Al-Khalakhil, , Mushyrifa Al-Gooan, Um Sahrij and its station, Al-Daribiya, Mushrifa Shamaliya, Al-Lwaibda, Rasm Al-abd, Swairat, Shakfa, Um Rajm, Fahil Jalas, Rabia Mousa, Al-Hakiya, Al-Qasr Al-Abyad, Al-Hamdiniya and its stations, Al-Nasriya, Abu Omar, Tel Marq, Atshan, Tel Zaater, Al-Gadoia, Al-Salumiya, Al-Khawin, Al-Zaror, Sham Al-Hawa, Um Al-Khalkhil, Qabibat Um Al-Hoda, Tel Aswad Ras Al-ain, Tel Tawila Mahmoud, Umm Haratin, Tel Al-Maktaa, Al-Maghara, Al-Tama, Al-Dajaj, Al-Mushayrifa, Abu Dali,Al-Hawia, Tel Al-Syriatel, Al-Shatib, Um Trikiya, Rajm Al-Ahmar, Al-Zafriya, Al-Bulail, Um Khazim, Abu Al-Ghar, Baghdid, Abu Lafa, and Al-Mushayrafa, Al-Shahtiya, al-Mestriha, Jub Abyad, Rasm Abu Myal, Rasm Al-Swan, Rasm Al-Sawy, Abu Al-Ghar, Rasm Al-Ahmar, Rasm al-Tina, Jawiad, Hasrat, Kharbat Al-Rahjan, Hasnawy, Mwailah Shamali, Qasr Ali, Qasr Shawy, Tel Mahsar, Al-Rabia, Douma, Rabda, Al-Hazm, Arafa, Marijib Al-Jamlan, Al-Khafiya, Marijab Al-Jamlan, Sham Al-Hawa, Al-Rehraha, Sarha.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on Thursday that it monitored that the regime forces reached at a distance of about 4 km from Sinjar town in the eastern section of Idlib countryside, and it is an important town because it enables the regime forces to take it as a position where they can located and a starting point from which they start their future operations in Idlib countryside, the town was targeted by the regime forces and warplanes and helicopters with villages related to it by tens of raids, explosive barrels, shells and missiles, which left tens of civilian casualties and wounded during the past few days, while the regime forces are continuing their intensive shelling to advance deeply in less time and with the least possible losses in the ranks of their forces or their allies.