Russia is preparing to resolve the battle of Idlib
Local Syrian media revealed a Russian request from the people of Damascus countryside to start preparing for subjugating the displaced in the north.
Syrian to the process of a new security settlement during the next few days.
A former member of the local council of Zamalka city, Abu Bakr, said: “A delegation from the Russian military police visited several towns in the eastern part of Ghouta during the past two days, during which he reviewed the situation in the area and whether the area was displaced the North is ready to accept the reconciliation process”.
Abu Bakr added, that a Russian committee was formed to follow up the process directly, and directed the members of the Zamalka and Ain Tarma reconciliation committee to start reception of those wishing to submit to the new settlement.
The Russian instructions included inviting all families willing to accept the settlement process, as well as those who were forcibly displaced to the north of the country.
Syria and those wishing to return to the region.
Regarding the detainees’ file, Abu Bakr explained that the Russian committee requested a list containing detailed information about the date and place of detention.
Who is responsible for their arrest, and the charges against each of them?
The new settlement called for by Russia, explained by the leader of the National Front of the National Army militia loyal to Ankara,
Ali al Ahmad, that it is “evidence of the intention of Russia and the Syrian forces to launch a military campaign to control the opposition areas in the north of the country”.
Al Ahmad went on to say that the simultaneous bombing of the countryside of Idlib and the al Ghab Plain is a prelude to the upcoming battle, as it coincided with the statements of the Russian ambassador in Damascus, that the agreements concluded with Turkey do not mean that the region remains outside the control of the Syrian government.
On the tenth of this month, the Russian forces stationed in the vicinity of the city of Kafranbel targeted the villages and towns south of Idlib, this caused the death of several gunmen, in addition to the killing of four others, most notably Abu Khaled al Suri, the military spokesman for Hay’at Tahrir al Sham.
The areas of northwestern Syria, particularly the villages and towns south of Idlib, have been witnessing a military escalation for weeks.
The Syrian forces currently control 114 villages in the northern and western countryside of Hama and the southern countryside of Idlib, the most prominent of which is Maarrat al Numan and Kafranbel, the strategic areas in eastern Idlib, knowing that the area of its advance during January 2020 is 335 square kilometers, to end its attacks by taking control of the international road Damascus-Aleppo completely.
While HTS currently controls only 3,000 square kilometers of Idlib, an area less than the 7,000 square kilometers they used to be they control it in April 2019, after the Syrian army launched its first major offensive to retake greater Idlib.
