(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian rebels on Monday have thwarted fresh incursion attempts by Russian Special Forces in the southern countryside of Idlib province, field sources said.
Clashes have been reported in Tal Ja’afar area as Russia's forces use advanced military equipment backed by heavy artillery fire.
Rebels also clashed with regime forces in the Kabina area in the northern countryside of Latakia as regime forces press to cut a supply route between rebels of Idlib and Bashar al-Assad's hometown coastal region.
The artillery and rocket attacks continued on Idlib region which is home to some three million people.
Three women were killed and four children wounded Friday when the regime's artillery fire struck Jisr al-Shughour region.
On Thursday, the regime attacked a marketplace in the village of al-Janudiya near the Turkish border, leaving 10 people killed and 14 wounded, according to the White Helmets.
The de-escalation zone is currently home to some four million civilians, including hundreds of thousands displaced in recent years by regime forces from throughout the war-weary country.
Most of Idlib province and parts of neighbouring Aleppo and Latakia provinces are controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a jihadist group led by Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate.
Bashar Assad, who now controls around 60 percent of the country, has vowed to reclaim the rest, including Idlib.
Eight years of war in Syria have killed 560,000 people and driven half the pre-war population of 22 million from their homes, including more than 6 million as refugees to neighbouring countries.
Zaman Al Wasl
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