The situation in Syria remains extremely tense: internecine conflicts of fighters, skirmishes with government troops. In the province of Hasaka, the US military again blocked the road to the Russian patrol.
Near Ras Al Ain, in the province of Hasaka, US military blocked the road to the convoy of the military police of the Russian Armed Forces. As a result,, to avoid conflict, Russian military police had to change the route and make a pretty detour.
note, that this is far from the first case of such behavior of the American military. obviously, that representatives of the American army do not consider it shameful for them to carry out such minor dirty tricks on the Russian military in lawful patrolling, which puts them on the same level with different radical groups.
Meanwhile, in Idlib province, in the vicinity of a number of settlements, armed clashes were observed between various opposing forces. The first clashes occurred in the area of the village of Kansafra, that the mountains of Jebel al-Zawiya. Here, militants from the Khayyat Tahrir al-Sham organization banned in Russia fired on positions of government troops from artillery.
In the village of Armanaz, militants of the same KhTS clashed with militants of another radical group “Huras ad-Din”. As it turned out, Khuras al-Din militants refused to transfer Khayyat Tahrir al-Sham the building they had previously seized in the center. In this building, Huras ad-Din equipped its headquarters, therefore, categorically refused to give up the “established place” of the KhTS.
In the city of Idlib, the explosion of a device, laid in the car of one of the field commanders of the KhTSh parked at the Al-Anbar mosque. It is not excluded, that this is another manifestation of a showdown between radical groups, operating in the province.
In Racca, not far from Tel Abyad, pro-Turkish "Syrian National Army" entered the battle with the Kurdish troops of the "Syrian Democratic Forces". As a result of the clash, one of the SNA fighters was killed. But in the city of At-Tabka the pro-Turkish formations managed to take revenge: Kurdish squad car takes off, acting as part of the Syrian Democratic Forces. Three SDF fighters die.
Nevertheless, in Deir ez-Zor, SDF fighters succeeded in successfully hijacking the “sleeping cell” of the Islamic State organization banned in Russia. Five members of the IG were arrested, explosives and weapons found at group headquarters.
Civilians continue to be massacred.. So, in the province of Dara, unknown people brutally murdered an elderly man. The body of the unfortunate was found on the road, connecting the village of Sahem al-Julan and Gillin. According to preliminary information, both male sons serve in the Syrian Arab Army. It is not excluded, that they killed him for that, and the performers were militants of one of the radical groups, acting against government troops.
Residents of the village of Haj-Qaseim in Aleppo province complain of lawlessness on the part of the militants of the pro-Turkish group "Liva Samarkand", who extort money for patronage and protection of property. In its turn, in the villages of Sharran and Deir-Suran, militants from the pro-Turkish formation "Division Sultan Murad" forbid local civilians to cultivate the lands of their relatives, absent in the province. In Sheikh Hadad, militants of the Sultan Suleiman Shah gang are trapping people for ransom.
Pro-Turkish formations may feel at ease on Syrian soil, while enjoying the protection and patronage of Ankara. Turkey builds up military presence in northern Syria. The number of Turkish troops in Idlib is growing every day, the number of military equipment is also increasing.
Last night, a column of Turkish military equipment passed through the Kafr-Lyasin border crossing to Idlib province and advanced to the construction site of the next observation post in the area of the village of Basames. In this way, there will be another strengthening of the Turkish army in the illegally occupied territory.
