MADRID 29 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has raised the death toll to more than 230 from the large-scale offensive launched by various Syrian rebel groups, including the terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), against the Syrian Army in the province. from Aleppo (north).
The organization has confirmed the death of 231 people, including twenty civilians, due to the fighting that broke out after the ‘Deterrence of Aggression’ offensive launched this Wednesday by different militias opposed to Bashar Al Assad’s regime.
According to a note published on its website, a total of 129 combatants from the rebel ranks have died so far, most of them (109) from the terrorist HTS, while in the forces of the regime and its allies the deaths amount to 82. It should be noted that these include six Iranian militiamen and 15 of other nationalities.
20 civilians have also died, including five children and three women. Most of them died in Russian airstrikes this Thursday in the towns of Al Atareb and Izza, in rural areas of Aleppo. According to information from the Observatory, the armies of Russia and Syria have launched a total of 63 air strikes against different positions in the aforementioned province and Idlib since Wednesday.
The Syrian authorities have accused “armed terrorist organizations” led by HTS of launching “a major attack on a broad front”, without however commenting on possible casualties among their forces.
This assault is the first large-scale assault since the presidents of Russia and Turkey, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, respectively, announced a ceasefire in March 2020 after months of fighting. Moscow is one of the Syrian president’s main international supporters and its military intervention in 2015 allowed government forces to repel rebel advances and stabilize the fronts.