Terrorists Violate De-Escalation Zones Agreement again in Syria's Aleppo

Rasa - Ahrar al-Sham and Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board) opened heavy fire at the Syrian Army troops' positions in the Western districts of Aleppo city, violating the recently-concluded de-escalation zones agreement.

News ID: 429679

Date: 16 May 2017 - 22:34

RNA - Missile and artillery units of Ahrar al-Sham and Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at shelled the army positions in Jam'iyat al-Zahra district and around al-Rashedeen district in the Western part of Aleppo city, breaching the de-escalation zones agreement.

The Syrian Army's artillery and missile units pounded terrorists' positions heavily in the battlefields and al-Lairamoun district in Aleppo's outskirts in retaliation for the terrorists' attacks.

In the meantime, terrorists embarked on dispatching forces and military equipment towards Mount Sheikh Barakat and the town of Sheikh Suleiman in Western countryside of Aleppo city.

In relevant developments in the province on Friday, missile units of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board) terrorists opened heavy fire at a village in a de-escalation zone in Southern Aleppo.

The sources said that despite a safe zone covering the region, the al-Qaeda-affiliated Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at fired 40 GRAD missiles on an unidentified village in Southern Aleppo.

Tahrir al-Sham has not agreed to the Astana talks which guaranteed no airstrikes over Idlib and Aleppo in return for the cessation of hostilities.

Nevertheless, the Syrian Army and its allies are likely to retaliate on militant-held positions.

A footage showed that the GRAD missiles landed all over the village and its nearby areas, hitting civilian cars passing on a road in the region.

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