Intense fighting in northwest Syria as army tries to advance
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  • 14:28 07 May 2019

Intense fighting in northwest Syria as army tries to advance

The Syrian army has made a small advance into the rebels’ last major stronghold in Syria after massive bombardments that began late last month, ONA reports citing Reuters.

Al-Watan daily said the army had captured the villages of al-Janabara and Tel Othman, where rebels said on Monday they had repulsed government assaults. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government troops had seized Tel Othman. Northwest Syria is the only significant territory still in rebel hands. The area being targeted in the latest bombardment was the subject of a Russian-Turkish agreement last September to hold off a government offensive.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based organization that monitors the war, said 69 civilians had been killed by bombardments since April 30. At least 41 insurgents had been killed by air strikes and fighting, it said.

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