Syria receives “promise” of additional Russian military aid

Two sources added that Damascus New Russian military equipment is expected to begin arriving Hmeimim base Russian Air Force near the city Latakia Coast within 72 hours.

He reported Syrian Observatory For human rights, half the city at dawn on Saturday Aleppo It is under control in northern Syria Hai’at Tahrir al-Sham And allied factions, two days after a surprise attack launched by those factions on areas controlled by government forces in northern and northwestern Syria.

In a statement to Agence France-Presse, Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said: “Half of the city of Aleppo is now under the control of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and factions loyal to it.

He added that the fighters have arrived Citadel of AleppoHe pointed out that “in the retreat of the regular forces, there was no fighting, and not a single shot was fired.”

Commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces Oleg Ignacyk, deputy head of the Center for Reconciliation of the Conflicting Parties in Syria, stated on Friday at a press conference that Russian forces, in cooperation with the Syrian government forces, continue to carry out the operation to repel terrorist attacks in the provinces of Aleppo. And Idlib.

Ignacic noted that the Center for Reconciliation “recorded the continuous escalation of the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic as a result of the joint attack by the terrorist group Al Nusra Front and other extremist armed opposition groups on the positions of the Syrian government forces in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib.”

Ignatsyk explained that the Russian Aerospace Forces, which provide support to Syria, carry out missile strikes and bombardment of equipment, personnel, command centers, warehouses and artillery sites belonging to the militants. During the past 24 hours, at least 200 terrorists have been eliminated, and the operation continues to repel aggression.