The Syrian regime continues its escalation in northwestern Syria, coinciding with the ongoing advance of opposition factions participating in the “Deterrence of Aggression” operation, currently progressing in Hama countryside.

The toll of victims from regime attacks on Idlib city and its countryside and Aleppo countryside on Monday, December 2, has reached 25 civilian fatalities, including 14 children and four women, in addition to 66 other injuries, including 22 children and 17 women, according to the Syria Civil Defence.

Idlib city and its countryside experienced a bloody day marked by two massacres against civilians due to airstrikes by regime and Russian ally aircraft, targeting a camp, residential neighborhoods, and a gathering of health centers and hospitals.

The regime targeted the Wadi Khaled camp for displaced persons near Harbanoush town in northern Idlib, and the al-Thawra neighborhood in Idlib city, conducting airstrikes on al-Jalaa Street and near al-Shihab Mosque.

Additionally, a gathering of health centers was bombed, which included Idlib University Hospital, Ibn Sina Hospital, National Hospital, Maternity and Child Hospital, SEMA, as well as the dialysis center, forensic medicine, and the health directorate, where three people lost their lives, two due to ventilator failure in the university hospital’s intensive care unit.

The village of Tal Sheih and the outskirts of al-Rafah town in southern Idlib’s Maaret al-Numan countryside were also hit by airstrikes, along with barrel bombs dropped by regime forces on Khan Shaykhun city in southern Idlib.

In Aleppo and its countryside, airstrikes continued on the city and its surroundings, alongside artillery and missile bombardments targeting the eastern countryside, the Baghdad station neighborhood, and the railway housing in Aleppo, in addition to airstrikes that hit the town of al-Safira, as well as rocket and artillery bombardments on the village of al-Sukariya in the outskirts of Bza’a town in eastern Aleppo.

81 killed in days

The death toll from regime and Russian ally airstrikes on Idlib and its countryside and Aleppo countryside from November 27 to December 2 has reached 81, including 34 children and 12 women, in addition to 304 injured, among them 120 children and 78 women.

Since the dawn of last Wednesday, opposition factions announced the commencement of a military operation they named “Deterrence of Aggression” in response to the regime’s repeated bombardment of northwestern Syria. Its goal is to expand secure areas in preparation for the return of displaced people.

The fighting factions are part of the al-Fath al-Mubin Operations Room, the most prominent of which is the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which holds significant influence in the region. Other groups and battalions, including the Artillery Brigade in the Sham Front, have also declared their support for the ongoing operation.

Opposition factions continue to advance after entering Aleppo and taking control of its international airport, expanding their area of control and engaging in battles in Hama countryside, where they have taken control of Suran, Taybat al-Imam, Halfaya, and Mardes.