40 Assad soldiers ‘killed in attack’

[TomSea]

40 Assad soldiers ‘killed in attack’
Reuters AFP

MOSCOW, BEIRUT: Militants launched a major attack on Syrian regime forces in Idlib on Thursday that Russia’s Defense Ministry said killed up to 40 Syrian soldiers, though the account was disputed by an opposition official and war monitor.

Idlib is the last opposition-controlled swath of territory in the country and hundreds of thousands of people in the area have fled in recent weeks amid heavy airstrikes by Russian and Syrian forces.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said that militants had seized two settlements in one of the offensives, which began on Wednesday, forcing Syrian regime troops to abandon some of their positions in the southeast of the so-called Idlib de-escalation zone under rocket fire.

Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/other/40-assad-soldiers-e2-80-98killed-in-attack-e2-80-99/ar-BBZgCVW