Syria, 3 Martha. Syrian army liberated Seraqib. Turkish drone strikes at Hama airport. Militant provocations continue in the south of Dar'a. It is reported by 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: liberated the city of Seraqib, after which a military police unit of the RF Armed Forces was placed in it, lost several tanks, but repulsed the attacks of militants in Dar'a, neutralizing three.
Turkey's army and allied forces: Forcibly expelled the population in Aleppo and Raqqa to rallies in support of Operation Shield of Spring, attacked a military airfield in the city of Hama using drones, destroyed two MLRS of the Syrian army in Idlib and allegedly killed a brigadier general of the Syrian army.
«Islamic gosudarstvo1» (IG1, IGIL1, It banned in Russia): suspected of arson at the Al-Hol refugee camp in eastern Hasaki and an attack on a Kurdish militant patrol in Deir ez-Zor.
"The Syrian National Army" (SLEEP): announced the destruction of several tanks of government forces in the south of Idlib, allegedly reoccupied several villages in the northwest of Hama.
"Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDF): Hasakah raided the fifth sector of the Al-Hol refugee camp, detained during raids in Deir ez-Zor two civilians, IS suspects, several militants lost in Diban.
province Aleppo
According to Kurdish news portal NPA Press, in the east of the Aleppo province, Turkish soldiers opened fire from missile launchers on the positions of the SAR army to the west of the city Manbidj, villages were hit Arima, Halidia and Al-kawkl, Al-yan, Jeb al-Hamra. Sources report injured and killed among Syrian military personnel. One of the rockets also hit a refugee camp in the vicinity., injuring five people. 28 February the Turkish army fired on Arimu, killing one person.
According to the Kurdish news site ANF News, Kurdish fighters from the Afrin Liberation Forces (one of the groups, associated with the militant wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces – YPG) issued a statement on a successful sortie to the Shera areas. As quoted by the statement of the militants, the agency, Kurds penetrated behind the defense lines of the pro-Turkish "Syrian National Army" and opened fire on enemy strongholds in the village Maranaz, Shakhba and Sherava. Three pro-Turkish militants were killed, armored vehicle destroyed.
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reported, in the city Diba southeast of the administrative center of the province of Deir ez-Zor, a group of unknown persons, allegedly Islamic State terrorists, attacked a Syrian Democratic Forces patrol (SDF), shooting a car from machine guns, as reported by the Kurdish news portal Rojava Network. Several militants killed and wounded.
After the attack, the Kurds carried out a series of raids in the city, and also in the village Abu Hammam, where, after searches in the houses of local residents, two men were detained, who were accused of aiding IS terrorists. Later, helicopters from an international coalition led by the United States raided a desert area in the east of the province in search of shelters for "sleeping cells".
Darren province
According to unconfirmed reports, the bodies of three security personnel were found dead in the vicinity of the village Muzayrib in the western part of the province. According to the opposition resource Halab Today, gunshot wounds were found on all three bodies. So far, no group has claimed responsibility for killing them..
Later in the vicinity As-Sanameina clashes resumed, when several groups attacked the army checkpoint. The activity of the armed opposition was also noted in the village Al-sahwa, where unidentified persons opened fire on the army checkpoint from RPGs and machine guns, and also in the village Hayta. IN Tafasa the servicemen neutralized three militants during a shootout.
Military analysts note, that the opposition is trying to turn the situation around and take advantage of the, that significant parts of the Syrian army left the province and were sent as reinforcements to the Idlib de-escalation zone, where is the second stage of operation "Dawn in Idlib". Militants make sorties to destabilize the situation in the south of the country.
Idlib province
At night, the forces of the 25th Special Forces Division of the SAA and Hezbollah detachments cleared the city of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham from terrorists Serakib. During the collision, the SAA lost three tanks and two Grad multiple launch rocket systems in the outskirts of the city., destroyed UAVs of Turkey. To the east of the city, a skirmish ensued with units of the pro-Turkish forces. Units of the military police of the RF Armed Forces were transferred to the city, which will further ensure the safety of civilians.
Clashes between the Syrian National Army and the forces of Bashar al-Assad were noted near the city of Kafr Nabeul. Opposition media sources later reported, that the militants managed to return to their former positions in the vicinity of the city and in the wooded area, located in the south of the province of Idlib, and also capture a tank of government forces. UAVs of the Turkish Air Force destroyed several pieces of SAA equipment near the village Cancer–Sajna, as reported by the portal Step News. In the wood Kuminas servicemen opened fire on the shelters of the militants of the "Syrian National Army". According to opposition resource Step News, several missiles from the positions of the SAA hit Turkish helicopters to evacuate the wounded. Later, opposition units surrendered the Khazarin village to the army.
In the evening, opposition media activists spread messages that, that Serakib had a Turkish drone hitting the field headquarters of the government army, eliminating one of the commanders of the operation, Brigadier General Muhammad Hadi and three BMPs. Official Syrian media do not yet confirm casualties. In the evening, the CAA liberated the villages Kafr-Mus and The Caucasus, as reported by Step News. The militants, for their part, deny the surrender of the settlements and issued a statement that, that destroyed an army tank, hitting him with a rocket.
Turkish army convoy arrives in Idlib from Turkish province Hatay. According to the portal Smart News, a convoy of heavy equipment crossed the border through the Kafr-Lusin border crossing. Total from 2 February to date, the number of trucks and military equipment in Turkey has reached 3160 pieces of equipment. About 8100 Turkish soldiers were deployed to Idlib and Aleppo during this period.
Rakka province
In the town Tel Abyad SNA militants drove residents to a rally in support of the military operation of the Turkish military operation "Shield of Spring", as reported by the portal Alk Habour. A similar action took place in the city Dzherablus in the east of Aleppo, where residents took to the streets with the flags of Turkey. Notably, that both cities are in the zones of operations "Shield of the Euphrates" and "Source of Peace" and under the control of groups loyal to Ankara. Military analysts and experts suggest, that the "Syrian National Army" drove out the population at the demonstration by force, to create the appearance of Syrian support for the operation. Turkey needs a similar image move after a series of expansive actions by Ankara, which only exacerbated the situation in the Idlib de-escalation zone.
Hama province
Turkish Air Force destroyed the air defense system at the military airport of the city everyone, as reported by Aleppo AMC news agency. The source also reported, that several UAVs of the Turkish Air Force attacked the strongholds of the SAA and destroyed several artillery installations in the vicinity of the city Qalaat al-Madik.
During the counteroffensive, the "Syrian National Army" managed to take its former positions near the villages Kaukaba and Kafr-Mos in the mountains Şaxşaʙu in the northwestern part of the province, as reported by the portal Halab Today.
Hasakah province
According to the Furat Post portal, SDF fighters forcibly expelled refugees from Vashukani and Al-Shahba camps at a demonstration. According to the SDF press center, refugees allegedly went to the action with portraits of the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan voluntarily. Recall, which is standard practice for Kurdish militants to conduct support actions, to which they forcibly drive as residents of the settlements they occupied, and refugees.
As reported by the Lebanese agency Al Nour, in the fifth sector of the refugee camp "Al-Hol" fire broke out again. None of the temporarily displaced citizens were injured, the fire was extinguished by the residents of the sector. Guards from the militants of the "Democratic Forces of Syria" who arrived at the scene of the fire (SDF) raided neighboring tents. A significant part of the refugees accommodated in the fifth sector are family members and wives of Islamic State terrorists, who have already attempted to impose their radical order on other residents. There were reports, that ISIS widows attempted to kill other refugees. So, in the fall, several women of Turkestan nationality were strangled in the camp, who refused to wear a headscarf. Several displaced persons of Iranian origin were also strangled by unknown persons. Lately, fires have increased in the camp, and SDF suspect, that terrorists' widows are behind the arson too.
Al Quneitra Province
According to the state news agency SANA, in a village near Ain al-Tin in the south of the province, an Israeli Air Force helicopter launched an airstrike on a car, which belonged to a member of an unspecified militia, which supports the legitimate government of the SAR. No information about the victims of the explosion has been reported, but the car burned down.
Since the last Israeli air strike in the SAR of the past, only five days. 27 February, a drone destroyed the car of a member of the Syrian Resistance Force, who oppose the occupation of the Syrian Golan heights Israel. 24 February, Israel's Air Force attacked the positions of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militia and the pro-Iranian Hashd Shaabi south of Damascus.
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