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On December 13, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) [the former branch of al-Qaeda in Syria] shelled several positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) around the town of Taybat al-Imam in the northern Hama countryside. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said that the army responded and struck several positions of the radical group in the town of al-Buwaydah.
“The strikes destroyed several artillery positions and killed many terrorists,” the SANA’s reporter in Hama said.
Later, the SAA foiled an attempt by Jaysh al-Izza, a key ally of HTS, to launch an attack from the demilitarized zone in the northern Hama countryside. According to the SANA, the SAA stuck fortifications, weapons and equipment of the radical group around the town of Maarkaba.
Such violations of the Russian-Turkish demilitarized zone agreement have become a daily occurrence. However, Turkey is yet to implement its commitment and force the radical elements to disarm and withdraw from the zone.
it be bad business for turkey, since is the one supply them with the heavy weapons and ammunition’s.
Wonderful Russia-Turkey agreement for terrorists and Turkey. Well, what is SAA waiting to lunch its offensive in Idlib ? Russia green light ?, humm, SAA will wait maybe for long long time since Russia-Turkey business is more important than terrorists at Idlib.