DAMASCUS, Aug 29 (NNN-SANA) – A car bomb exploded yesterday evening, near a Turkish military point in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor reported.
The bomb went off, on the M4 road south of the Jisr al-Shughur area, in the countryside of Idlib, near the administrative border with Hama province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The car exploded while reconnaissance drones were hovering overhead, said the observatory, adding that, the drones might have hit the car before it could reach the Turkish point.
After the explosion, unknown armed men attacked the Turkish point and engaged with Turkish soldiers and allied Syrian rebel groups, said the observatory. The clashes were still ongoing near the base with no reports on losses yet, it added.
The Turkish forces later fanned out from south of Jisr al-Shughur, near the M4 road, as armoured vehicles patrolled the area, according to the report.
Also on Friday evening, an unknown armed group attacked a position of the Turkey-backed rebels near the Zawiya Mountain region, in the southern countryside of Idlib, leaving wounded militants.
Turkey maintains several observation points in Idlib, as part of an agreement with Russia, to observe a cease-fire between government forces and the rebels in Idlib.
However, the observatory repeatedly reported lawlessness and infighting among the Turkey-backed rebels, in areas controlled by Turkey in northern Syria.
