Syria flare-up kills 35 fighters, including 26 pro-regime forces: monitor
Saturday 15/June/2019 - 12:46 PM
At least 35 combatants including 26 pro-regime
forces were killed Saturday in clashes and air strikes that erupted at dawn in
northwestern Syria, a war monitor said.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights said Syrian regime and Russian air strikes killed nine extremists and
rebel fighters and clashes left 26 pro-regime forces dead in the north of Hama
province.
On Friday, Turkey’s foreign minister said Ankara did
not accept Russia’s “excuse” that Syria would not listen to Moscow and stop
regime strikes in Idlib province.
Turkey and Russia have worked closely to find a
political solution under the Astana process to the eight-year conflict despite
being on opposing sides of the war.
