Syrian Army Reportedly Building New Helicopter Fields Near Southwest Idlib

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian Army is building new helicopter fields near the provincial border of Idlib, a military source said this afternoon.

News ID: 72560

Date: 20 September 2018 - 16:53

According to the military source, the Syrian Arab Army is building the helicopters fields inside the town of Jubb Ramleh, which is located near the Al-Ghaab Plain of southwest Idlib and Jabal Al-Akrad region of northeast Lattakia, massdar news reported.

The military source said that these helicopter fields will be used for the Syrian Arab Army’s upcoming operations that are expected to take place in northeast Lattakia and southwest Idlib.

While the locations of the demilitarized zones in Idlib have yet to be announced, the Syrian Arab Army expects that they will not include areas controlled by jihadist groups like Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham and the Turkestan Islamic Party.

Both the Syrian Arab Army and Russian military have made the key city of Jisr Al-Shughour a top priority because of the large presence of jihadist groups.

Jisr Al-Shughour is strategically located near the Hatay Province and the Idlib-Lattakia Highway, which is another reason why the Syrian Arab Army wants this area cleared.

For the Russian military, the constant jihadist drone attacks on the Humeimim Airbase from Jisr Al-Shughour has prompted them to threaten a large-scale operation to clear this area.

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