Thread by @ThomasVLinge

#Syria: the town of Saraqib in back under opposition control in what is the first success of the counter attacks against the #Assad regime in #Idlib

#Syria: meanwhile the regime has seized the entire area south of the M4 highway, concentrating opposition forces further in NW #Idlib

#Syria: opposition forces also captured the village of Afes, just north of Saraqib (#Idlib)

#Syria: villages of Jobas, Dadikh and Kafr Batikh are also back under opposition control. Regime lost half a dozen towns in #Idlib today.

Question is whether opposition will be able to hold them.

#Syria: Russian warplanes are bombaridng the towns of Saraqib and Sarmin in #Idlib after some opposition military gains

#Syria: situation around Saraqib (#Idlib) after today's opposition advances. Russian warplanes are carpet bombing the area.

Question remains whether opposition will be able to hold this ground or advance even further

#Syria BREAKING: many reports of a Russian airstrike on a Turkish military convoy on the 🇹🇷/🇸🇾 border (some say within Turkish territory around #Reyhanli). Number of soldiers killed and wounded

#Syria: crowded situation outside of a hospital in #Reyhanli (#Turkey) where dead and injured Turkish soldiers are being brought in

#Syria: latest reports suggest up to 34 Turkish soldiers killed. Governor of #Hatay state has confirmed the dead of 9 soldiers. Social media sites are blocked in #Turkey

#Syria: death toll of Turkish soldiers is now officially up to 22.

Turkish officials are hinting they will open the borders and allow Syrian refugees to pass through Turkey towards Europe

#Turkey is now claiming to be hitting "all known" regime targets in #Syria.

Whatever this means it's a major escalation for sure

https://twitter.com/DailySabah/status/1233158467235524610?s=19

#Syria: Turkish state outlets have released more footage of Turkish forces wiping out #Assad regime forces in #Idlib

#Syria: opposition forces are slowly regaining some lost ground in the Jabal al-Zawiya region of #Idlib, capturing the villages of Kafr Oweid and Sufuhon

#Syria: Turkish forces shot down two regime warplanes over southern #Idlib today. News is confirmed by pro-regime media

#Syria: video of regime warplanes falling from the skies after being shot down by Turkish forces over #Idlib.

At seems after 9 years of bloodshed there is finally some kind of no-fly zone over a part of Syria

#Syria: another video of a regime warplane getting downed over #Idlib, unknown whether is the same one or the other one.

#Syria: reports of Turkish drones taking a regime convoy in the village of Khan al-Sabal, just south of Saraqib (#Idlib)

#Syria: regime forces are back in control of the villages of Dadikh and Kafr Batikh, just south of Saraqib

#Syria: opposition groups recaptured Dahr al-Kabir, just west of Hazarin in southern #Idlib

#Syria: #NLF rebels also claim the recapture of the villages of Hazarin and Fulayfil in southern #Idlib. Fighting now taking place on the outskirts of #Kafranbel

#Syria: latest footage of Turkish military operations in #Idlib shows Turkish drones targeting a regime convoy in the village of Sheikh Mustafa.

Most of the convoy managed to get through, recapturing the village of Hazarin.

#Syria: regime forces are back in control of Saraqib (#Idlib) after a swift attack on opposition forces in the town