Terrorists attacked Syrian troops in Latakia

Militants of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group shelled the positions of Syrian troops in the north of Latakia governorate. This was reported by the Asharq News channel broadcasting fr om Dubai.

According to the media, six Syrian soldiers were killed, including two officers, as well as two civilians, as a result of the surprise attack.

Syrian artillery retaliated by striking the al-Nahiya districs in the west of Idlib governorate, from wh ere the attack was launched.

Earlier, in response to repeated violations of the ceasefire by the enemy which operates in the northern de-escalation zone, government forces attacked militant sites in the Sahl al-Ghab valley in Hama governorate. The command posts of the militants and  their fortifications in Kensarf and Sufuhun, as well as rear bases in the Jebel al-Zawiya mountain range in Idlib governorate, were hit.

Since the beginning of the year, 29 servicemen and militias fr om the National Defense Forces were killed in attacks by militants in northwestern Syria. More than 20 civilians became victims of shelling, and 65 were injured.

A large part of Idlib, which remains under the control of illegal armed groups, serves as a springboard for attacks on areas under the protection of government forces. In 2017, a de-escalation zone was created in the northwest of the country, wh ere militants who refused to lay down their arms in Eastern Ghouta near Damascus and the southern regions of the country moved.