After the escalation on Jabal Al-Akrad…areas in Jabal Al-Turkman in Latakia countryside witness clashes

Latakia Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: clashes took place between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against the fighters of the rebel and Islamic factions, in Areas in Jabal Al-Turkman in the northern countryside of Latakia, accompanied by exchange of targeting in the clash areas, and information about injuries in the ranks of the both parties, and the Syrian Observatory published this morning, that the regime forces shelled again the northern mountains of Latakia, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the fall of shells launched by the regime forces on places in Kabani in the northern countryside of Latakia, where occasionally the targeting process of the area is carried out by the regime forces sporadically, after an escalation by Hurras al-Dien organization and attacking about two days ago on positions of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them in Kabani area, accompanied by shelling by the regime forces and warplanes on the clash areas, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that he Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored explosions that shook areas in the Latakia mountains in the northern countryside of the city morning of today, the 3rd of month June 2018, caused by raids by warplanes on places in Kabbaneh area in Jabal al-Akrad in the northern countryside of Latakia, but no information about casualties until the moment, this comers after more than 30 days of absence from the area, where warplanes were targeted the area on the 2nd of May 2018.

This aerial targeting comes in the wake of attacks by Hurras al-Dien faction on Saturday, on sites of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them in Ard al-Wata area in Jabal al-Akrad, where violent clashes took place between both parties, accompanied by exchange of targeting between the regime and the faction of Hurras al-Dien, which defected previously from Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham which swore allegiance to al-Qaida, which in late April 2018  had carried out with its allied factions attacks against the regime forces in the northern countryside of Hama, also Latakia mountains witnessed during the past days and weeks missile and artillery shelling by the regime forces and the factions, these successive targeting have caused casualties, where the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 6 fighters at least of the factions operating in the Latakia mountains, they were killed in the shelling that took place on the 28th of May 2018, in addition to the fall of casualties in the ranks of the regime forces during factions’ targeting for their positions and the positions of the gunmen loyal to them, also these mountains have witnessed attacks by factions that killed at least 11 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, including a lieutenant, after a sudden and violent attack by fighters of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and other factions operating in the northern countryside of Latakia, targeting sites of the regime forces in Tal Rashu area in the northern mountains of Latakia, also the attack that took place dawn of the 20th of April 2018, had injured members and officers of the regime forces with varying severity.