Syria’s Assad regime continues to strike opposition-held positions after cessation-of-hostilities agreement goes into effect, reports Turkish news agency Anadolu..
Since midnight Friday, when a temporary cessation-of-hostilities agreement went into effect in Syria, Assad regime forces have continued to attack opposition-held positions in the provinces of Aleppo, Homs, Daraa and Latakia.
Although no Russian airstrikes have been reported in Syria since the agreement went into effect, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russian warplanes would continue targeting positions associated with terrorist groups — such as Daesh — operating in the country.
According to local sources, Hezbollah-backed regime forces attacked opposition positions after midnight Friday in the town of Talbiseh in Homs; the city of Anadan in Aleppo; the village of Al-Yadudah in Daraa; the town of Merj in the Eastern Ghouta area of the Rif Dimashq province; and the towns of Kafr Zita and Kafr Nabudah in Hama.
Regime forces have also continued to stage intense attacks on the villages of Kelez and Karamanli in Latakia province’s Turkmendagi region, also known as Turkmen Mountain.
Since midnight, fierce clashes have taken place between the PYD terrorist group and Daesh terrorists, with the latter attempting to infiltrate the PYD-held town of Tal Abyad north of the city of Raqqah, a Daesh stronghold.
Daesh terrorists have targeted the town with a car bomb, while clashes between both terrorist groups have occurred on the outskirts of the village of Munbatih some two kilometers west of Tal Abyad.