In less than three hours | Regime forces launch new attack on positions of the factions in Idlib

Regime forces launched a new attack on positions of the jihadist and Islamic factions in Al-Malaja Village in Idlib countryside, which is the second attack in less than three hours, amid extensive artillery shelling, leaving five members of Ansar Al-Tawhid Faction killed with the number of casualties likely to rise due to the presence of critical cases.

A few hours ago, two regime soldiers were killed and six others were injured while three members of jihadist factions were injured, as the jihadist and Islamic factions were blocking an attack by the regime forces on Al-Malaja frontline in Idlib countryside, where violent clashes erupted and ended and Russian warplanes were not involved in the attack.

The regime forces prepared to launch a ground attack on the factions to retrieve the positions that they lost yesterday.

Since early 2023, SOHR has documented 227 operations in the “de-escalation zone,” including attacks, gunfire by snipers and bombardment, which left 337 combatants and civilians dead. In addition, these operations left over 184 combatants and 78 civilians, including 11 women and 26 children, injured.
The fatalities can be distributed as follows:
• 26 civilians, including four women, seven children and a civil defence member, were killed by regime forces.
• 229 members of regime forces, including 16 officers.
• An Afghan militiaman of “Liwaa Fatemiyoun.”
• A member of the Syrian Hezbollah.
• 60 members of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, including a French jihadist.
• 12 members of the jihadist faction of “Ansar Al-Tawheed.
• One member of “Ahrar Al-Sham” movement.
• Two members of “Al-Sham Corps.”
• One member of “Hurras Al-Din” organisation.
• The Commander-in-chief of Russian Special Tasks Forces.
• A militiaman of the Iranian-backed “Liwaa Al-Baqer.”
• A member of “Soqour Al-Sham.”
• A member of the “National Liberation Front.”