Aerial and artillery shelling hits Idlib and ongoing violent clashes in the eastern countryside of Idlib

Idlib Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: explosions were heard in the western section of Idlib countryside, caused by rocket and artillery shelling by the regime forces, which targeted areas in the outskirts of Jisr Abu Al-Shughur city, which caused material damage to the property of the citizens, but no information about casualties was reported, while violent clashes are taking place 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 eastern countryside of Idlib, where the clashes are taking place in Abu Al-Duhur area located near Abu Al-Duhur Military Airbase, in which the regime forces try to impose their control over the town which is located in the west of the airbase, and the clashes are accompanied by exchange of targeting between the both parties.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that violent clashes are taking place between the regime forces and their allied militiamen of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against fighters of Hayaat Tahrir Al-Sham, the rebel and Islamic factions and the Turkistan Islamic Party in areas in the vicinity of Abu Duhur military air base following an attack by fighters of the Turkistan Islamic parties, the Hayaat and the factions in an attempt by them to regain control over the airport, after more than 48 hours of losing it, and the control of the air base by the regime forces came 2 years and half after losing it, and the violent clashes were accompanied by 2 car bombs in the area, while the clashes coincided with an exchange of targeting between both parties, and the SOHR learned that violent clashes coincided with heavy and violent shelling, killing at least 24 members of the regime forces and their allies of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, and injuring others with different severity, while Tahrir Al-Sham, Turkestan Islamic Party and the factions managed to advance to the western and southwestern outskirts of the air base and the factions are trying to besiege the regime forces inside it or force them to withdraw through advancing in the vicinity of the base and monitor it from high hills surrounding it, and there is confirmed information about human losses in ranks of the factions.