(Zaman Al Wasl)- Opposition factions on Saturday have launched a Grad missile attack on Hmeimim military airbase in coastal Latakia region, sources said.
The attack on Russia’s main airbase in Syria was in retaliation to a new regime army attack in northern Idlib province despite ceasefire agreement.
The Russian army has intercepted tens of missiles and has downed more than 60 drones deployed by rebels against its Hmeimim airbase since 2019, according to Russian Defense Ministry.
Bashar al-Assad's forces pushed separately into the towns of Falaifel and Maarat Alia in the southern and eastern countryside of Idlib. But the Turkish-backed fighters have repelled the attack, killing and wounding dozen, according to the source.
The March-5th ceasefire did not force regime army to roll back significant military gains made in the Russian-backed offensive.
The Turkish artillery pounded regime bastions in Saraqeb town in retaliation to the truce violations, the source said.
The truce halted a terrifying three-month air and ground campaign that killed hundreds and sent 1 million people fleeing toward the Turkish border.
Idlib province is home to 3.5 million civilians, third of them are displaced, according to the United Nations.
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