(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Syrian National Army on Thursday destroyed an Iranian site including weapons depot south of Aleppo, killing 4 militants, military sources told Zaman al-Wasl.
The Turkish-backed forces launched a Grad missile attack on the site near the town of al-Hadher in the southern countryside of Aleppo.
Naji Mustafa, spokesman for the SNA, said the attack came in retaliation to the massacre of al-Kah camp in Idlib province that left 16 displaced persons killed on Wednesday.
Rebels and jihadists have killed more than 130,000 pro-regime forces since the armed conflict erupted eight years ago with the brutal repression of protests against Bashar al-Assad, according to local monitoring groups.
Syria’s northwest corner, including the Idlib region, is the last major chunk of territory still in rebel hands after more than eight years of war.
The Assad forces launched a blistering military campaign against Idlib in April, killing around 1,000 civilians and displacing more than 400,000 people from their homes.
A ceasefire announced by Russia has largely held since late August, although dozens of civilians have been killed in sporadic bombardment since then.
Last month, Bashar al-Assad said Idlib was standing in the way of an end to the civil war that has ravaged his country through most of the current decade.
Al-Assad, who now controls around 60 percent of the country, has vowed to reclaim the rest, including Idlib and small pockets in Latakia.
Zaman Al Wasl
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