DAMASCUS, Syria, June 24 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian army is working to cut all rebels’ supply routes, in a triangle of countryside areas in northern Syria.
The al-Watan newspaper said, the army is following the tactic of draining the rebels, to sap their resolve and weaken them in the countryside areas of the provinces of Hama, Idlib, and Aleppo in northern Syria.
Citing military sources, the newspaper said, the air defences of the Syrian army shot down a rebel drone, outfitted with missiles, in Hama.
It said, Syrian war planes also targeted positions of the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, in the northern countryside of Hama and areas in the southern and south-eastern countryside of Idlib.
The Syrian war planes are also expanding their air strikes to target areas in the depth of rebel-held areas, in the western and southwestern countryside of Aleppo province.
The Syrian and Russian air strikes also targeted weapon depots of the Nusra Front, west of Aleppo, said the report, adding that, weapons’ shipments were also targeted, as the rebels were sending them from Aleppo to Hama.
Areas in the countryside of Hama, Idlib and the western countryside of Aleppo are included in the deescalation zones deal, which was reached between Russia and Turkey in Sept, 2018.
The deal failed to materialise as the al-Qaeda-linked groups expanded in Idlib and started attacks on Syrian military positions, instead of withdrawing from the designated zone, which combines Idlib with Hama and Aleppo, as well as, mountain areas in the eastern countryside of Latakia province.– NNN-SANA
