Idleb ceasefire agreement is still in effect

A military source in the eastern countryside’s operation center told Damascus-based al-Watan newspaper that the Syrian army clashed with ISIS terrorists in al-Sekhneh area and bombed with artillery the ISIS sites along the line of engagement.

Many terrorists were wounded and injured there, while further terrorists were eliminated in Syrian army’s airstrikes against ISIS movements on the outskirts of al-Shekhneh and in the far side of the eastern countryside of Homs.

In Idleb, local sources in Maarret al-No’aman town told the al-Watan newspaper that al-Nusra Front terrorists stepped up their deployment at their checkpoints inside Idleb  city and in the south and south-east sides of the city as the Syrian army is supposed to move forwards from  Khan Sheikhoun city, al-Taman’aa town and other areas liberated recently  in the southeastern countryside of Idleb.

A field commander declared to the newspaper that the ceasefire agreement in Idleb is still in effect for the fourth day running with the stop of Syrian and Russian warplanes’ overflights over  the de-escalation zone.

“The Syrian army units are on alert to resume military operations after the end of the announced ceasefire agreement and they are able to defeat terrorists and to retake the areas from them,” the source affirmed.

Military experts reckon the continuity of the ceasefire till the holding of the tripartite summit between presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran on September 16.   

On August 30, A military source announced that a ceasefire agreement in the de-escalation zone in Idleb is approved and it will come into effect on August 31 with the right of response to any terrorist groups” violation

Basma Qaddour