...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...(HTS, formerly known as al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ...
Front), targeted on Friday posts of Syrian government forces in the countryside of Aleppo, northern Syria, and Hama, central west the country.
A military source of the Syrian opposition told North Press that the HTS targeted posts of the government forces on the outskirt of the towns of Orem al-Kubra, west of Aleppo; and al-Sermania, west of Hama.
Six soldiers of the government forces were killed and six others were maimed, in addition a tank was destroyed west of Idlib Governorate, northern Syria, according to the source.
Although the de-escalation zone in northwest Syria is subject to a Russian-
In March 2020, Russia and
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reached an agreement in Moscow that stipulated a ceasefire, the establishment of a safe corridor, and the conduct of joint patrols on the M4/Aleppo-Latakia Highway.
In April 13, an officer and a soldier of the government forces were killed in mutual attacks between