Following the liberation of Hawr, Anjarah, Qasimia, Syrian government forces contiued their offensive on positions of Turkish-backed militant groups west of Aleppo city.
Units of the Syrian Army captured the areas of Basartun, Qabtan, Qabtam mountain, Salum, Bala, Sheikh Aqil, reached the Regiment 111 area and deployed in a striking distance from the militant stronghold of Darat Izza. This town is controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda), the most powerful ‘opposition group’ in the Greater Idlib region.


