MADRID 1 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported in the early hours of this Sunday the death of three soldiers as a result of “a new Russian incursion” in the east of Aleppo, capital of the Syrian province of the same name, in the north of the country.
“In Aleppo Governorate, three members of the National Army loyal to Turkey have been killed as a result of an airstrike carried out by Russian fighter jets against their positions in the Kreidiyeh axis, in the Al Bab countryside, east of Aleppo. “, has detailed the same organization, based in London and informants in the country.
This aggression is framed in a context of growing tensions in the region, the Russian combat air forces have intensified their attacks against positions of the National Army – backed by Turkey – during the last 24 hours.
This latest attack comes after, in the early hours of Thursday to Friday, another Russian fighter plane fired three missiles at a military headquarters that housed a group of members of the Joint Force – affiliated with the National Army – in the rural area of northern Aleppo, destroying the barracks and several military vehicles and killing four people.
Previously, the same Observatory has confirmed that at least 16 people have died and another 20 have been injured as a result of a “probably Russian” bombing that occurred this Saturday also in Aleppo, scene in the last hours of a major offensive by opposition forces to the Syrian government led by the jihadist group Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) and allies in the country’s second most important city.