SAF target militants in Idlib countryside, 'Tahrir al-Sham' retreat
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Sources to Al Mayadeen reveal that government leaders affiliated with Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham vacated their offices in the security region within the governorate and municipality buildings in the center of Idlib
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SAF and Russian warplanes targeted the armed groups' headquarters in the countryside of Idlib, Latakia, and Aleppo. (Social media)
Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported on Sunday that the Syrian army's artillery continued to target militants, their fortifications, and weapons depots in Idlib's countryside.
Sources to Al Mayadeen stated that terror group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham transferred a number of the bodies killed during this morning's raids west of the city of Idlib, to Ibn Sina Hospital.
Sources added that the "rescue government leaders" affiliated with Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham vacated their offices in the security square within the governorate and municipality buildings in the center of Idlib.
Earlier today, an Al Mayadeen correspondent reported that Russian warplanes targeted the armed groups' headquarters in the countryside of Idlib, Latakia, and Aleppo, noting that Russian planes targeted HTS sites and the Turkistani Islamic Party in the northern countryside of Latakia and the Idlib region.
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Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham called on its members to evacuate headquarters to avoid air strikes by the Syrian and Russian air forces, according to Al Mayadeen's correspondent.
Additionally, local sources confirmed that all the "Tahrir al-Sham" checkpoints in the vicinity of Idlib are now clear of its members, in fear of the raids.
The joint Syrian-Russian Air Force raids were carried out on military targets of the "Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham" and the "Turkistani Islamic Party" in the countryside of Idlib and Latakia.
Local sources told Al Mayadeen that the warplanes targeted armed groups that had been bombing civilian sites in the countryside of Hama and Latakia, over the past two days.
The Syrian army's surveillance planes monitored the movements of "Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham" and the "Turkistani Islamic Party" in the axes of Badama and al-Najiyah in the western countryside of Idlib and the al-Khader hills in the northern countryside of Latakia, as they were directly targeted without information on the extent of the losses.
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These field developments come after the escalation carried out by the militants against the safe areas in the villages of Jourin, Salhab, and Deir Shamil in the western Hama countryside and Qardaha in the Latakia countryside through the use of missiles and drones, which resulted in four deaths, including two children, and several wounded.
The armed groups' escalation against the safe areas comes in light of the Turkish-Syrian negotiations, which the factions considered a threat to their areas of influence in Idlib, northern Aleppo, and the countryside of Latakia.
Terrorist groups are scattered in the city of Idlib and parts of its countryside, the majority of which belong to the Al-Nusra Front organization, which HTS had spun out of, and which is included on the international terrorism list.
Reports suggest that these groups attacked safe areas in the Hama countryside with rockets and drones, leading to the death and injury of civilians, and material damage to public and private property.
