The Syrian opposition announced on Sunday that it had thwarted an attempt by the regime and Iranian militias to infiltrate areas of its influence in the Aleppo countryside. The opposition also announced that it had carried out a surprise attack in the Latakia countryside, killing a member of the regime forces and wounding dozens of others. Opposition activists said the armed factions thwarted the infiltration in the western Aleppo countryside amid fierce clashes and heavy artillery fire. Tanks and rocket launchers were used in the fighting that left eleven people dead and wounded from the regime. The regime continued its shelling of the area. No reports of casualties among civilians were reported. In Latakia, a leading opposition faction member said they launched a surprise attack in the al-Bayda region in the eastern part of the province. Three military positions were destroyed and at least 20 regime forces members were killed and wounded. The opposition figure said the operation was launched in retaliation to regime violations in civilian areas and its failed attempts at infiltrating opposition-held regions in northwestern Syria. He revealed that three infiltration attempts were thwarted last month alone. The attempts took place in Atarib city in the western Aleppo countryside, Jabal al-Zawiya in southern Idlib and Jabal al-Turkman and al-Akrad in the eastern Latakia countryside. The infiltrations were carried out by the regime and allied Iranian and Afghan militias. The developments took place as opposition factions were on high alert and as they reinforced their military positions along the contact lines with the regime in Idlib and Aleppo. Fears have been high that the regime was preparing to launch a new military offensive, taking advantage of Türkiye’s recent attacks against the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces.