A fourth newly deployed Su-25 attack aircraft has been spotted on a March 17 satellite image of Russia’s Hmeimim Airbase. Syrian pro-government sources llink the recent deployment of these close air support warplanes with the escalating situation in the Idlib ‘de-escalation’ zone where ceasefire violations and sporadic clashes are being reported on a constant basis.
Despite efforts undertaken in the framework of the Astana agreements, radical miltiant groups, first of all Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and its allies, remain deployed near the contact line and even expanded their influence within the ‘de-escalation’ zone.
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