Syria, 18 February. SAA deployed a convoy with reinforcements to the front line in Idlib. The air force of the Western coalition, led by the United States, stepped up sorties in the eastern regions of Deir ez-Zor. Turkish allies fire on positions of Kurdish radicals in the northwest of Raqqa, According to a military source Federal News Agency (FAN) in Syria Captain Marzuk (Ahmad Marzouq).
Briefly on the outcome of the confrontation
Syrian Arab army (Farm) and allied forces: were shelled by militants in the east Idliʙa: transferred to the front line Idlib convoy with reinforcements.
Haiyan Tahrir al-Sham ': publishes unconfirmed data on the losses of the SAA in the western part aleppo.
Turkish Armed Forces and pro-Turkish forces: opened fire on the fortified areas of Kurdish militants in the northwestern part of Raqqa.
International coalition: intensified reconnaissance sorties in the eastern regions Dyeir-az-Zorah.
province Aleppo
Armed opposition militants publish unconfirmed data on the losses of the Syrian Arab army (Farm) in the western part of the province. So, militant-related Telegram channel (Alwatania Tahrer) announced losses in the ranks of the SAA and pro-Assad paramilitaries in the area of the settlement of Sheikh Aqil, the capture of which became known in the morning. Besides, Internet portal Step News Agency claims, that government troops lost a tank as a result of rocket fire from the Islamists of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorist association near the settlement of Balyanta. However, these data still need to be verified..
Recall, SAA conducts a full-scale offensive in the Greater Idlib zone. During the operation, the beginning of which became known at the end of last year, a large number of settlements were cleared from jihadists. earlier it was reported, that the SAR forces managed to free more than 1500 square kilometers of territory in Idlib and Aleppo.
Provintsiya Dyeir-az-DR
A military source on Twitter (deirezzor24) reports that, that aircraft of the US-led international coalition were seen in the eastern part of the province. celebrated, that the sorties are reconnaissance in nature. As is known, the territory beyond the Euphrates is occupied by the pro-American "Syrian Democratic Forces" **** (SDF), who do not pay due attention to the fight against the underground cells of the "Islamic state"1. As is known, in some settlements in the southeast of the SAR, terrorists move freely around settlements, levying taxes on the population.
Idlib province
Militants of pro-Turkish armed groups intensified shelling of the positions of the Syrian Arab army (Farm) in the eastern part of Idlib. As the Telegram channel reports (Alwatania Tahrer), Islamists opened fire on the fortified areas of government units in the vicinity of the settlement of An-Nairab.
SAR forces, in its turn, sent a convoy with reinforcements to the line of demarcation of forces with jihadists, says a military source on his Twitter page (Natsecjeff). The SAA column proceeded to the front line from the city area Serakib. Expected, that in the near future the army of Bashar al-Assad will resume active hostilities in this area as part of Operation Idlib Dawn. Among the past victories of the SAR forces in the province are the establishment of control over the strategic highway M-5, liberation of key cities Maaret en-Numan and Serakib, as well as a number of other settlements.
Rakka province
Armed clashes between pro-Turkish formations and Kurdish bandit groups are again observed in the north-west of the region. According Twitter-channel information (NPA_English), artillery battalions of Turkey's allies attacked the fortifications of Kurdish militants on the outskirts of the village of Kiz-Ali. Nothing is known about the losses of the parties in manpower or equipment.. Recall, Intense skirmishes were also observed in the area the day before..
1 Organization banned in Russia.
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