Clashes in northwest Syria after de-escalation zones take effect

Syrian government forces and "rebels" clashed in the northwestern province of Hama on Friday shortly after a Russian-led deal to establish de-escalation zones took effect, a monitor and a "rebel" official said.


Fighter jets fired at the rebel-held village of al-Zalakiyat and nearby positions in the Hama countryside, where the combatants exchanged shelling, the "Syrian Observatory for Human Rights" [so-called] said.

The Britain-based war monitoring group said government forces shelled the nearby towns of Kafr Zita and Latamneh. There was no immediate comment from the Syrian army.
 [alarabiya.net/Reuters]
6/5/17
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