Russian Airstrikes Hit Close To Turkish Post In Greater Idlib After Reports Of Russian, Syrian Casualties (Videos, Photos)

FILE PHOTO: Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft before departing for its permanent base in Russia from Khmeimim Air Base in Syria. © Vadim Grishankin / Sputnik

On September 5, a new wave of Russian airstrikes targeted militants’ positions in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib.

The airstrikes hit the following areas:

The town of al-Bara in the southern countryside of Idlib;
The towns of Kafryadin and Sheikh Sndian in the western countryside of Idlib;
The town of Kabani in the northern countryside of Lattakia.

One of the airstrikes hit a target located right next to an observation post of the Turkish military in the outskirts of al-Bara.

مجند تركي 🇹🇷 يقوم بتوثيق القصف الروسي 🇷🇺 على جبل الزاوية 🇸🇾. pic.twitter.com/XBlNkeamnI

— # (@A_MQQ) September 5, 2021

عاجل
غارات من الطيران الحربي الروسي وقصف براجمات الصواريخ قرب النقطة #التركية في قرية البارة واطراف قرية كنصفرة جنوب ادلب pic.twitter.com/bZZiUrysPY

— انس المعراوي (@anasanas84) September 5, 2021

#عاجــــل #جبل_الزاوية

غارات جوية من الطيران #الروسي يستهدف محيط قرية #كنصفرة جنوب #إدلب

قصف صاروخي يستهدف بلدتي #كنصفرة و #البارة في #جبل_الزاوية مع تحليق مكثف لطيران الاستطلاع في الأجواء

اللهم سلم اللهم سلم pic.twitter.com/vhQ0VcFQDQ

— الشام الجريحة 🥀💔 (@llllllllmalllll) September 5, 2021

استهداف احد اوكار الارهاب بمحيط جبل الزاوية في ريف ادلب. pic.twitter.com/cDSByrcj45

— محمد يونس (@FdJJCtfPMhSmmHw) September 5, 2021

Sources affiliated with al-Qaeda-linked Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Greater Idlib, claimed that the Russian airstrikes were a response to an incident that took place in the early morning.

According to the sources, HTS’s special forces and snipers killed three soldiers of the Syrian Arab Army elite 25^th Special Forces Division and a Russian service member who attempted to infiltrate the frontline near the town of Ma’arat Muakhas in the southern countryside of Idlib.

These claims appear to be nothing more than propaganda as they were not confirmed by any credible news source in Greater Idlib.

The situation in Greater Idlib remains unstable. Russian warplanes have been bombing the area for more than two weeks now. Yet, HTS and its allies continue to launch attacks in violation of the ceasefire agreement that was brokered by Russia and Turkey on 5 March 2020.

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