Syrian
Army soldiers advance in Tall Sultan town towards Saraqeb city, in Syria's
northwestern Idlib province, on February 5, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
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Syria
vows to continue war against terrorism following ‘positive’ Idlib deal
A
senior adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the Arab country will
continue its war against foreign-backed terrorism following a ceasefire
agreement in the northwestern Idlib province.
Assad's
political and media adviser, Bouthaina Shaaban, said “Syria fights terrorism on
behalf of the whole world and it will continue to do so until it fully
liberates Syrian land.”
She
added that terms of the ceasefire deal, agreed between Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 5, were the
outcome of the sacrifices and major gains of the Syrian army.
Among
notable terms in the ceasefire, she stressed, was the liberation of the
strategic M4 and M5 highways.
According
to the agreement, joint Russian-Turkish patrols will secure a
six-kilometer-wide corridor along the M4 highway connecting the two
government-held provinces of Latakia and Aleppo.
The
ceasefire also consolidates Syrian control over the M5 highway which links the
capital Damascus to the major cities of Hama, Homs and Aleppo.
The
truce has largely held despite heavy clashes between Turkish-backed terrorists
and the Syrian army preceding the deal.
On
Saturday, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said there had been no
violations of the ceasefire, according to the state-owned Anadolu news agency.
Head
of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Coordination Center Rear Admiral Oleg Zhuravlev,
however, said that terrorists violated the truce on six counts since it was
imposed 00:01 a.m. on Friday.
He
said the violations involved terrorists firing on Syrian positions in the
Aleppo and Latakia provinces neighboring Idlib. He did not elaborate on any
possible casualties.
Army
uncovers American TOW missiles in Syria's Saraqeb
Syria’s
SANA news agency reported on Friday that the Syrian army had uncovered
American-made TOW missiles and tripod mounts left behind by the terrorists
following the city’s liberation earlier this week.
Images
released by the news agency also showed other equipment, including damaged
military vehicles, left behind by the terrorists.
A
field commander speaking to SANA said that the army’s engineering units also
dismantled explosive devices blocking the M5 highway running next to the city.
SANA
reported that civilian vehicles could be seen driving through the recently
liberated highway.
‘276
localities liberated, 1138 terrorists killed’
The
ceasefire comes a few months after the Syrian army launched an anti-terror
operation against foreign-sponsored militants in Idlib after terrorists failed
to honor an earlier de-escalation agreement brokered by Ankara and Moscow.
According
to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), more than 1138
terrorists and 73 Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes against pro-Damascus
forces in the last 51 days.
The
Observatory - which is known to oppose the Syrian government - also said more
than 276 cities, towns and villages were liberated by the Syrian army.
Syria News 2020
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