afrinpost – Exclusive
On August 8, a Turkish-affiliated drone targeted the village of Ain Daqna in the Shahba region of northern Aleppo countryside, situated along the frontlines with “National Army” militias. Fortunately, no significant damage was reported.
Earlier in the morning, a suicide drone struck the village of Ashwargha in the Shara sub-district, causing material damage to civilian homes.
In a related development, two soldiers, “Majdi Yahya Qaray’a” from Hama province and “Mahmoud Abdul Razzaq Tuman,” were killed during morning artillery and rocket exchanges between the Syrian regime’s army and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) on the Kabana frontlines in northern Latakia countryside. A number of casualties were reported within the ranks of HTS, with some sustaining severe injuries.
Meanwhile, the Syrian regime forces carried out artillery shelling on HTS positions along the Sarmanya, Ankaoui, and Qirqur axes in Hama countryside, as well as targeting locations in the western Aleppo countryside, including Qasr, Kafr Amma, Al-Wasita, and Al-Ibzmuah. Russian reconnaissance aircraft were observed conducting intensive flights over the area, indicating heightened tensions in the region.
