The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Syrian opposition sources said that Turkish-backed Syrian fighters launched an attack on sites controlled by the Syrian government in northeastern Aleppo yesterday, which opens a new front against the Syrian army, which has made great progress in neighboring Idlib. The attack focused on an area close to the Turkish-controlled city of Al-Bab and allied Syrian opposition forces since 2017. There was no mention of any new attack in the official Syrian media. Opposition sources said that Turkish forces had not participated in the attack. Opposition sources said that its fighters had seized three villages so far, while the Syrian Observatory observing the war described the attack as violent and "being carried out by pro-Ankara factions."
"The armed Syrian opposition factions have regained full control over the axes of the Journalists Association, west of the city of Aleppo, in addition to killing and wounding more than 60 members of the Syrian government forces," said a military commander in the Free Syrian Army's National Front.
Government forces took control of sites west of the city of Aleppo during the attack launched two days ago, as well as they took control of important sites west of the city of Aleppo, including the two adults, the multiplication of seeds and a number of hills.
The Syrian army, backed by a Russian air force, made rapid progress in Idlib last week, capturing the town of Ma`rat al-Numan, about 100 km northwest of al-Bab.
Idlib and the area north of Aleppo form part of the last stronghold of the opposition in Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad with Russian support recovered most of the territories that were outside the control of the Syrian army.
The latest advance of the Syrian army in Idlib led to a new wave of displacement of civilians, as hundreds of thousands headed towards the Turkish border. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that his country may carry out a military operation in Idlib unless the fighting there stops. James Jeffrey, the US special envoy on Syria, said Thursday that the fighting in Idlib was raising fears of an international crisis.
Hundreds of thousands of civilians, in a new wave of displacement, headed towards the Turkish border.
The factions announce their full control over the axes of the Journalists Association, west of Aleppo