(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 30 Syrian regime troops were killed in a pre-dawn attack by rebels in the northwestern province of Hama where Russia and Turkey agreed on a buffer zone in September, spokesman said Wednesday.
Jaish al-Izza has attacked the army checkpoints in the al-Masasneh town in the northern countryside of Hama, the group's spokesman Mustafa Ma’arati told Zaman al-Wasl.
The attack came in response to the continued artillery shelling on the 'liberated areas,' he added.
The deal to create the demilitarized zone, running along the contact line between rebels and regime territory, staved off an army offensive against Idlib.
Intermittent exchanges of fire have broken out in northwest Syria since the agreement between Russia, a key Bashar al-Assad's ally, and Turkey, which backs some rebel factions.
The United Nations says nearly 3 million people live in the northwest region and has warned against a battle to restore state rule there.
Since the revolution erupted in 2011, more than 560,000 people have been killed, and more than 6 million people have been displaced.
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