{"id":69078,"date":"2021-06-14T09:43:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T13:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=69078"},"modified":"2021-06-14T09:44:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T13:44:06","slug":"is-syrias-idlib-about-to-explode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=69078","title":{"rendered":"Is Syria&#8217;s Idlib about to explode!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>A Day Of Reckoning In Syria&#8217;s Idlib<\/h1>\n<p>By\u00a0SouthFront<\/p>\n<p><em>It has been a<strong>\u00a0long time coming,<\/strong>\u00a0and it seems that an\u00a0<strong>escalation\u00a0<\/strong>in Greater Idlib might be on the way&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/southfront.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/fwduvp\/content\/video.php?path=https%3A%2F%2Fsouthfront.org%2Fa-day-of-reckoning-in-syria%2F&amp;pid=2288\" width=\"560\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\"><\/div>\n<p>After frequent ceasefire violations by Hay\u2019at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other terrorist groups of the so-called \u201cmoderate opposition\u201d, the cup seems to be spilling over. On June 10th, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and Russian support began a heavy shelling operation on various HTS positions throughout Greater Idlib.Significantly, a pinpoint strike claimed the lives of HTS\u2019 military spokesman, Abu Khalid al-Shami, media coordinator, Abu Musab al-Homsi, and Mu\u2019ataz al-Nasir, commander of the group\u2019s internal security forces.<\/p>\n<p>Four other, unnamed militants were also killed.<\/p>\n<p>Footage was released from a Russian drone which was tracking the three commanders. They were reportedly located with advanced electronic intelligence systems.<\/p>\n<p>The HTS officials were likely targeted with a Russian 2K25 Krasnopol laser-guided artillery shell, with their vehicle being laser painted with an UAV prior to that.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes on militants\u2019 positions in Greater Idlib. In total, more than 20 air strikes were inflicted on the settlements of Fatira, Ain-Lapuz, Muzapa, Maapata, Khaluba and Majdaliya in the Jabal al-Zawiya region in the south of the Syrian province of Idlib.<\/p>\n<p>A day before, a Russian service member was killed and three others were wounded in a landmine blast in northeastern Syria. The large-scale operation of the SAA and Russian forces seems to be a response to the death of a Russian soldier, as well as frequent ceasefire violations by HTS and other militant groups in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, a response came from the Turkish Armed Forces and its proxy the Syrian National Army (SNA) both of which undertook responsive actions. The Turkish shelling targeted positions of the SAA and its allies in southern Idlib and northwestern Hama. No casualties or material losses were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Militants of the al-Fateh al-Mubeen Operations Room, led by HTS, also targeted a battle tank and a vehicle of the SAA with anti-tank guided missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish forces are supposed to monitor the ceasefire and combat terrorist groups in Greater Idlib as a part of the March 5 2020 agreement with Russia. Nevertheless, Ankara and its proxies are doing the exact opposite.<\/p>\n<p>The ceasefire may collapse soon as a result of this.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, advisors from the Russian Special Operations Forces have been training the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) Special Forces personnel in the Syrian province of Aleppo. There, Russian military advisors are working to improve the performance of Syrian Special Forces personnel by teaching them new tactics and methods. It is not in the realm of speculation to consider that more \u201chands-on\u201d operations are planned in every direction that\u2019s not under Damascus\u2019 government control.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/southfront.org\/a-day-of-reckoning-in-syria\/\">https:\/\/southfront.org\/a-day-of-reckoning-in-syria\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Day Of Reckoning In Syria&#8217;s Idlib By\u00a0SouthFront It has been a\u00a0long time coming,\u00a0and it seems that an\u00a0escalation\u00a0in Greater Idlib might be on the way&#8230; After frequent ceasefire violations by Hay\u2019at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other terrorist groups of the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=69078\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}