https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-february-8-2018-us-led-coaliti… On February 7, the US-led coalition carried out several airstrikes on positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the province of Deir Ezzor. The coalition claimed that the
https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-february-7-2018-syrian-army-li… Overnight on February 7, the Israeli Air Force fired three missiles at a target in the Damascus countryside. The strike was allegedly aimed at a technology research center in
https://southfront.org/tu-160-fleet-modernization-expansion/ On January 25, 2018, the Russian Ministry of Defense officially announced the contract for the modernization of 10 Tu-160 strategic bombers to the Tu-160M2 standard, to be fulfilled by
https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-february-6-2018-ypg-sends-larg… A large convoy of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS) was filmed in the city Afrin overnight on February 6. The convoy reportedly consisted
https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-february-5-2018-su-25-shootdow… On February 3, militants shot down a Su-25 warplane of the Russian Aerospace Forces with a man-portable air-defense system (MANPAD) over the village of Khan al-Sabil southwest of the
https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-february-2-2018-militants-defe… The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) captured the town of Bulbul as well as the villages of Ali Kar, Za’ra and al-Ham from Kurdish
https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-february-1-2018-tiger-forces-b… Government forces, led by the Tiger Forces, achieved a major breakthrough against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) in the province of Idlib. Government
https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-january-30-2018-sdf-sends-rein… On January 29, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces fully secured the town of Abu al-Duhur in eastern Idlib after a series of clashes with Hayat
https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-january-29-2018-turkish-forces… The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (TFSA) used their advantage over Kurdish YPG/YPJ forces in the area of Afrin and captured Bursaya Mount, Qastal
https://southfront.org/jabhat-al-nusra-history-capabilities-role-syrian… History Jabhat al-Nusra, originally Jabhat an-Nuṣrah li-ahli ash-Sham min Mujahideen ash-Shām fi Sahat al-Jihad or “Victory Front for the People of the Levant by the Mujahideen of the Levant
