Al-Jazeera correspondent in Syria reported that Russian warplanes launched raids today, Saturday, in the vicinity of the towns of Al-Bara and Kansafra in Jabal Al-Zawiya in Idlib countryside, northwest of the country.
Al-Jazeera correspondent in Idlib, Adham Abu Al-Hassam, said that the Russian warplanes launched 5 raids today, which led to great destruction of the residents' properties. regime forces and Russia.
Activists published videos showing the moment the Russian raids targeted the vicinity of the town of Kansafra, and plumes of smoke rose from the targeted area.
The moment of the raid by Russian warplanes on the outskirts of the village of Kansafra, south of Idlib, a while ago 2 pic.twitter.com/Xyxy0sCKLx
- Anas Al-Maarawi (@anasanas84) October 23, 2021
In turn, local sources said that the Russian raids came after 3 days of stopping, as the Idlib de-escalation zone was subjected to raids last Tuesday, targeting the vicinity of the Turkish military point in the town of Al-Bara in the southern countryside of Idlib.
In a related context, the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) announced that an 11-year-old child was injured, as the regime and Russia forces bombed a fodder depot and a sawmill in the southern farms of the city of Maarat Misrin (north of Idlib) with a long-range missile this morning.
It is noteworthy that Idlib governorate and its environs are witnessing a continuous military escalation by the regime forces and its ally Russia, despite the ceasefire agreement agreed upon between Russia and Turkey in the northwestern Syria region, which was signed on March 5, 2020.
In May 2017, Turkey, Russia and Iran announced that they had reached an agreement to establish a de-escalation zone in Idlib, as part of the Astana meetings related to the Syrian issue.