“De-escalation zone” | Regime soldier ki*lled by H-T-S sniper on Saraqeb frontline

SOHR sources have reported that a regime soldier was shot dead by an HTS sniper on Saraqeb frontline in the eastern countryside of Idlib in “Putin-Erdogan” area.

It is worth noting that the “de-escalation zone” experiences sporadic infiltration operations, gunfire by snipers and exchange of fire between regime forces and opposition factions.

Since early 2023, SOHR has documented 29 operations in the “de-escalation zone,” including attacks, gunfire by snipers and bombardment, which left 70 combatants and civilians dead. In addition, these operations left over 48 combatants and six civilians, including children, injured.

The fatalities can be distributed as follows:

• Three civilians were killed by regime forces.

• 49 members of regime forces, including five officers.

• 16 members of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, including a French jihadist.

• Two members of the jihadist faction of “Ansar Al-Tawheed.”