Turkey has increased its military observation points in Idlib to 50 by establishing a new one near Jisr al-Shughur city. Meanwhile, regime forces and armed opposition factions clashed on various axes in northwest Syria, despite the ceasefire announced on March 6.
Turkish forces established a new military post in al-Ghassaneyah town, west of Jisr al-Shughur in the western countryside of Idlib. Prior to that, the troops established three other military points in Bidama, al-Najiyeh, and al-Zainiya, and south of Aleppo-Lattakia road (M4).
Earlier, Turkish forces established two military points in al-Misherfah and Tel Khattab villages near the border with Hama Governorate, south of Jisr al-Shughur.
The Turkish forces want to expand their deployment area to the northern and western axes of Idlib in an attempt to prevent the advance of the regime forces and open a secure way towards M4 road.
Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that regime forces launched missiles towards al-Bara, Afes, and Kafar Aweed towns in southern Idlib.
The opposition then responded by targeting several posts of the regime in Saraqib and Kafr Nabl with several rocket-propelled grenades.
The Observatory said that the exchanged strikes happened while Russian reconnaissance aircraft were flying over the area of al-Zawiya mountain in the southern countryside of Idlib.
The factions launched rockets at a military bulldozer for the regime forces on the axis of Saraqib, east of Idlib, reported SOHR, adding that it was destroyed.
On Tuesday, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced six members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the largest component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), were killed in eastern Euphrates.
The Ministry said they were trying to infiltrate into the so-called “Operation Peace Spring” zone controlled by the Turkish forces and factions loyal to it in northeastern Syria.
"Six PKK/YPG terrorists who were attempting to infiltrate the Operation Peace Spring zone were successfully neutralized in successful operations of our heroic command," said the ministry.
It added that the operations will continue uninterrupted in order to achieve peace and stability in the region.
