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Russian Airstrikes Hit Greater Idlib For Fourth Day In Row (Video, Photos)

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Russian Airstrikes Hit Greater Idlib For Fourth Day In Row (Video, 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

For the fourth day in a row, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes on the northwestern region of Greater Idlib.

The airstrikes, which took place on August 22 morning, targeted positions in the outskirts of the towns of Kansafra, Mareian and Almaouzrah in the al-Zawiya Mount in the southern countryside of Idlib.

Al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Greater Idlib, and the Turkish-backed National Front for Liberation both maintain a large presence in the al-Zawiya Mount.

On August 19, Russian warplanes bombed a headquarters of HTS in the town of Ein Shib in the western Idlib countryside. On August 20, a series of airstrikes hit Ein Shib as well as the town of Qurqnia in the northern countryside of Idlib. On August 21, Russian airstrikes destroyed a compound located near the town of Hmeimat in al-Ghab Plains in the northwestern countryside of Hama.

The most recent wave of Russian airstrikes coincided with intense shelling by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) on the towns of Kherbet al-Naqous, al-Sarmaniya, Qulaydeen, al-Qaherah, al-Ankawi, al-Daqmaq and al-Zaqoum in Sahl al-Ghab in northwestern countryside of Hama.

The situation of Greater Idlib is slowly spinning out of control as a result of repeated provocations by HTS and its allies. So far, all attempts to deter the terrorist group have failed. Yet, the SAA and its allies does not appear to be willing to resume ground operations in the region.

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