According to pro-government sources, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out strikes on militant positions in the areas of Lataminah, Khan Sheikhoun and Kafr Zita in southern Idlib after two groups of Syrian soldies had been targeted with anti-tank guided missiles in northern Latakia by militants.
Pro-government media activists say that the strikes are aimed at the military infrasturcure and weapon depots of militants. Their goal is to punish the militants’ leadership for violating the de-escalation agreement.
On May 31, two groups of Syrian soldiers were attacked by militants from the Turkish-backed Second Coastal Division of the Free Syrian Army near the village of of al-Ziyarah in northern Lattakia.
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