A brief overview of the recent developments in Syria:
- Militants shot down a Syrian military helicopter near Saraqib;
- Units of the Syrian Army entered the Rashidin 4 area in western Aleppo;
- A joint convoy of Turkish-backed militants and Turkish forces was targeted by airstrikes near the Base 46 area, near the town of Atarib. No casualties among Turkish personnel were reported;
- On February 10, the Syrian Army struck a Turkish artillery position near Taftanaz Military Airbase. At least 5 Turkish soldiers were killed and 5 others were injured;
- On February 10, the Turkish Defense Ministry said that its forces had bombed 115 ‘regime targets’ and ‘neutralized’ 101 pro-government fighters;
- Hayat Tahrir al-Sham miltiants launched a large attack on Saraqib;
- Car bomb attacks it the Syrian Army near Kafr Halab on February 10.
Looks like Highway 5 is coming under full SAA and its allies control.
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:30 A.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA)and its allies are on the verge of imposing full control over the strategic Aleppo-Damascus Highway (M-5).
Syrian governmental troops, advancing from southwestern outskirts of Aleppo, have gained control over a vast section of the Hama-Aleppo road, the last stretch of the strategically important Damascus-Aleppo highway linking the country’s north and south.
According to Al-Mayadeen, Syrian army units liberated from militants the villages of Khirbat Jazrayah and Qanatir in the south of Aleppo and are moving northwest.
God protect the Syrian Arab Army from the Turks, the Israelis and the US,and from the other terrorists, in Christ’s name, amen!