The Syrian regime storms Saraqib and withdraws after a counter-attack.
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Raven Ruma
- . September 23, 2021
- . Update: February 13, 2020 6:06 am
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The Syrian regime stormed on Wednesday evening, Saraqeb, which is strategically located, as it is the meeting point between two international routes linking several Syrian governorates, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Syrian regime television said in an urgent tape that the army units are now "burning fire at the meeting point" of the two roads.
The director of the observatory, Rami Abdel Rahman, told "Agence France Presse" that "the regime forces entered the city and began combing its neighborhoods after the withdrawal of hundreds of fighters for the Headquarters for the Liberation of Al-Sham (formerly the" Al-Nusra Front ") and allied factions to the village north of it.
The withdrawal of the opposition factions' fighters came after the regime forces cordoned off the city, which had emptied its residents in recent weeks, from three sides, according to the Syrian regime's media.
After the regime stormed Saraqib, Turkey bombed the sites of the Syrian regime east of Saraqib to prevent its progress. The Kurdish channel "Ronahi" confirmed on Twitter that "the Turkish army bombarded with heavy artillery several villages in the countryside of Zarkan and Tal Tamr in Hasaka."
The Syrian Observatory also confirmed that "armed factions" entered the city of Saraqib after storming it by the regime "amid violent clashes in the neighborhoods of the western and southeastern city."
As it entered Saraqeb, the regime forces were almost in control of the entire international road known as “Umm Fife,” linking Aleppo Governorate to the north, and the capital to the south.
Saraqib’s importance lies in the fact that it forms the meeting point between this road and another road known as “Um Fur”, which links the coastal province of Lattakia to Idlib.
