'A military source in Idlib governorate, northwest of Syria, said that Russia has refused a request by the Turkish side to stop the bombing of the southern countryside of Idlib.

 The source stated that Russia has refused a request from Turkey that included stopping the bombing of the towns of Jabal al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib. This coincided with Turkey’s evacuation of two military points in the areas controlled by the Assad régime forces, namely Sher Magha, west of Hama, and Maar Hatat in Southern Idlib.

According to the source, Russia’s rejection of Turkey’s request indicates that Moscow is not satisfied with the Turkish army’s redeployment of its forces withdrawing from the Assad régime’s control areas, in Jabal al-Zawiya.

During the past weeks, the Assad régime’s forces and their allies have bombed the cities and towns of Idlib Governorate, especially those south of the M4 highway. Most of the bombing operations focused on the city of Ariha and the villages of Jabal Al-Zawiya, including Kansafra, Kafr Awaid and al-Bara.

A report by the Response Coordinators team in Syria stated that the Assad régime forces and Russia violated the ceasefire in Idlib 314 times from the first of October until the eighth of this month.

It is noteworthy that the army sent huge military reinforcements to Jabal al-Zawiya, and established many new fortifications in the region, in conjunction with its withdrawal of a number of military bases from the areas controlled by the Assad régime forces, and their deployment again south of Idlib within the areas controlled by the revolutionary factions.'