In late July, a military source told Sputnik that the Syrian government forces were preparing for a large-scale offensive in the country's northwestern province of Idlib, which is currently home to "tens of thousands of terrorists," according to Syria's President Bashar Assad.
The Syrian Army has launched a series of shelling attacks on terrorist positions in Idlib province in the country's northeast, according to media reports.
The offensive was preceded by the Syrian military dropping leaflets urging jihadists to lay down arms and accept the government's requests.