Syrian regime, Russian forces escalate attacks in Idlib amid stalled war in Ukraine
The residents of Idlib in northwest Syria fear a military escalation at the battlefronts where the regime and opposition are escalating their military activities.
ALEPPO, Syria — The battles between the Syrian government forces and opposition fighters have recently intensified in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, where both sides have been making military movements and redeploying their troops. The Russian aircraft, meanwhile, have escalated their air raids in support of government forces.
The escalation comes after a relative calm in March, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine Feb. 24.
On April 4, four children were killed by Syrian regime’s artillery shelling on Maaret al-Naasan village, in the northeast of Idlib. According to the Syrian Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, the children were killed on their way home from school in Maarat al-Naasan, and the rescue forces retrieved their bodies and handed them over to their families for burial.
The regime’s bombardment reached in the past days the vicinity of Kansafra and Bara villages in Idlib’s southern countryside. Meanwhile, the regime and opposition forces exchanged artillery shelling on the Maarat al-Naasan axis.
