Turkish-backed militias in northern Syria have been unleashed by Ankara to attack Kurds in northern Syria amid the increased fighting in the country. Over the weekend, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an independent opposition group that controls Idlib province in Syria,

A Syria war monitor said pro-Turkey fighters seized a strategic northern town from Kurdish forces on Sunday, in fighting parallel to a major rebel offensive elsewhere in Aleppo province. The Observatory earlier Sunday said pro-Turkey factions killed government forces and attacked Kurdish fighters in Aleppo province in a push that began a day earlier and whose goals included cutting Kurdish supply lines.

Syrian and Russian jets are stepping up strikes on opposition forces in northern Syria in retaliation for the sudden offensive that has cost the autocratic regime control of the country’s second largest city,

For the past year, Russian officials have repeatedly accused Ukraine of providing FPV drones to Syrian rebels in Idlib and training fighters from Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the former al-Qaeda affiliate that is leading the latest offensive.