Over the past month, there has been a surge in targeted offensives by Syrian and Russian forces against rebel factions in northern Syria. These actions were undertaken in response to previous drone attacks carried out by rebel groups on government-held areas. Among these attacks, the deadliest occurred in early October, when a drone assault resulted in the tragic loss of more than 80 military personnel and civilians during a graduation ceremony at a military academy in Homs province.
Syrian and Russian forces jointly announced the elimination of over 630 rebels in Idlib within a one-month period. This aggressive response was initiated in retaliation to the drone attack that targeted the military academy in Homs, highlighting the escalating conflict in the region.