A Russian Su-24 takes off on a combat mission at Hemeimeem airbase, Syria, on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. IMAGE: AP PHOTO/VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
For the third day in a row, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces have carried out a series of airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib.
The airstrikes, which took place on July 24 noon, targeted the outskirts of the towns of Kabani and Duwayr al-Akrad in the northern countryside of Lattakia. Al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Greater Idlib, and several other terrorist groups maintain a strong presence in the area.
This was the fourth wave of Russian airstrikes to hit Greater Idlib this week. On July 20, Russian warplanes targeted militants’ positions near Kabani in northern Lattakia. On July 22 and 23, airstrikes hit the outskirts of the town of al-Bara in southern Idlib.
The recent Russian airstrikes were most likely a response to the repeated ceasefire violations by HTS and its Turkish-backed allies.
On July 23, the media wing of the National Front for Liberation, Turkey’s main proxy in Greater Idlib, shared a video of recent artillery strikes on government-held towns and villages.
The Turkish-backed militants used Soviet-made M-46 130 mm field guns, which were captured from the Syrian military early in the war, as well as US-made M114 155 mm howitzer recently supplied by the Turkish military.
Despite all recent developments, the ceasefire in Greater Idlib that was brokered by Russia and Turkey last year is still holding up. The currently escalation in the region will not likely develop into a full-on military confrontation.
hey, southfront why don’t you have a channel on Rumble?
Is alu akbar the only thing these morons can say? How boring must be the fireside conversation after murdering women and children must be. I can’t wait for them to be cleansed from the earth, humanity doesn’t need them and would be far better off without them. Fanatics of any kind are scourge.
Alu Akbar? Potato is great?
It just means they can count to potato.
With daily temperatures in the mid 30C the hts swine will enjoy hell in more ways than one. Easy job for the workhorse Sukhoi.
Typical ignorant stupidity from a paid per post imbecile.
Instead of small pinpoint strikes carpet bombing the area day and night would be a better idea. With FOABs, drones, long range artillery, create a literal firewall of access denial area. It can be done. Please do it. We need an effin firestorm on the ground.
Good question. What is known is the american nfl is a fake a** “sports league” for idiots. There are many cracks for the game results available for the “one percenter” swine.