Syrian army attack on Idlib leaves 3 civilians injured

By Ahmet Karaahmet and Mehmet Burak Karacaoglu

IDLIB (AA) – At least three civilians were injured when the Syrian army targeted a village in Syria's Idlib.

Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, along with foreign groups backed by Iran, carried out a ground-to-ground assault on the village in Kafranbel district.

Sources from the civil defense reported that the attack resulted in three members of the same family being injured.

They were subsequently transported to nearby hospitals for treatment.

- Situation in Idlib

Türkiye, Russia, and Iran created four "de-escalation zones" in Syria in areas not under the control of the Syrian government at a meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan in 2017.

The Damascus administration, Iran-backed groups and Russia continued attacks and seized three out of four districts and headed for Idlib.

Although Türkiye reached an additional agreement with Russia to strengthen the cease-fire in September 2018, the attacks intensified again in May 2019.

After a new cease-fire deal for northwestern Syria was reached between Ankara and Moscow on March 5, 2020, the truce was largely preserved.

Between 2017 and 2020, two million civilians fleeing attacks were forced to migrate to areas near the Turkish border.