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After midnight, intermittent clashes with heavy and medium machine guns broke out between the Syrian government forces and the “National Army” militias on the Marnaz and Maraa fronts in northern Aleppo countryside.
Concurrently, the Turkish forces targeted the village of Shawargha in the Shara sub-district of Afrin, using heavy and medium machine guns. However, specific information regarding the extent of damages is yet to be reported.
In a related development, the Syrian government forces achieved success by thwarting three locally-made drones, two in northern Aleppo countryside and the third in western Aleppo countryside. These drones were deployed to target their positions.
On August 3, Turkish forces targeted two sites of the Syrian government forces on the Kafr Antoun axis in the Shera district of Afrin, using two suicide drones, leading to one soldier sustained severe injuries in the attack.