A video purportedly shows Assad regime forces entering a graveyard and desecrating graves in what appears to be taking place in Idlib province Read more:
Syrian opposition fires a rocket on February 9, 2020, from the Idlib countryside towards regime positions in the southern countryside of Syria's Aleppo province.
The M5 highway is the main road between Aleppo and the capital Damascus and runs through to Deraa in southern Syria. Those forces, backed by Russia and Iran, took control of the highway after capturing a western suburb of Aleppo from insurgents as the regime intensified its campaign to capture the last opposition-held stronghold in Syria's nearly nine-year-old war.
Turkey's defence ministry said its forces rapidly retaliated against the Assad regime under the rules of engagement and its right to legitimate self-defence.115 Syrian regime targets were hit and 101 regime personnel killed.
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