News from Al-Madinah: Late on Sunday night, a senior Russian official reported that 20 “Islamic extremists” had been killed by Russian and Syrian forces during an operation in the southern Syrian city of Daraa, while the northern city of Afrin, which was under the hands of the opposition forces, had returned to quiet. A day after a truce – reached by Turkish mediation – it ended bloody clashes between a rival Syrian factions.
According to Major General Olig Eugeov, who was quoted by the Russian TASS news agency, those responsible for the bombing of a bus carrying Syrian army forces, in which at least 18 soldiers died, were among the fatalities.
In a press release, Igorov stated that a special operation to eliminate ISIS members was conducted in the southern Syrian town of Jassim by the Russian organisation in charge of liaising with the security forces of the Syrian Armed Forces.
The news organisations were unable to independently verify these reports.
The deadly assaults that have been launched on the supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-government Assad’s for months included the bus attack.
No one quickly took responsibility for the bombing, and neither did the Syrian government.
The Russian forces have been deployed in Syria since 2015, and the authorities have helped their campaign to restore lands controlled by opposition fighters.
In a related vein, a video clip shot by Syrian activists captured the time when Russian aircraft were bombed on Monday morning together with artillery fire from the regime’s forces on the area of Uarm al-Joz in the southern Idlib province in northern Syria.
Residents and fighters of the opposition in Aleppo Governorate reported that Afrin, which is under the control of the opposition forces, was calm yesterday, Sunday, after a truce was reached through Turkish mediation to end bloody clashes between rival factions that threatened to spread the opposition to Bashar al-rule. Assad’s
The Headquarters for the Liberation of Al-Sham withdrew its forces from the city of Afrin, which they had taken last Thursday, in accordance with the original agreement, in exchange for its adversaries in the National Army working to create a unified civil administration that achieves stability and puts an end to chaos.
Levantine Front and Army of Islam, the two main opposition fighter factions that fall under the third legion of the National Army, reportedly reached an agreement to disband their military presence in urban areas and return to their respective fronts. “In the recent battles after its control over Afrin, the Headquarters for the Liberation of Al-Sham has now a major security role compared to what it was,” said a negotiator.
It also aspires to expand more,” said Wael Alwan, a former Syrian opposition official and researcher at the Istanbul Studies Center for Studies.
Sanad Agency and Al-Jazeera agencies are the sources.
With a Russian attack in Daraa and the restoration of peace in Afrin, Syria has suffered deaths and injuries.
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