According to the Syrian Observatory on Human Rights (SOHR), HTS aims to disrupt potential peace negotiations between Turkey and Syria, and is launching the campaign of attacks as a way of rejecting any deal made on the 'de-escalation zone' in Idlib.

[16][17] On 11 December, clashes broke out after Syrian Army forces advanced on the village of Urum al-Sughra in the western Aleppo countryside.

[11] While at least two government soldiers were killed in an Inghimasi attack by HTS fighters on a Syrian Army position on the outskirts of the village of Dadikh on the Idlib frontline.

[citation needed] On 18 December, at least three soldiers were killed in a HTS infiltration on government positions near the village of Arbikh near Taftanaz, north of Saraqib on the Idlib frontline.

[20][23] On 20 December, an SAA lieutenant was killed after government forces attempted to infiltrate HTS positions on the Bastaron frontline in the western countryside of Aleppo.

[31] On the same day, a jihadist and French citizen by the name of 'Abu Hamza' was killed in an infiltration attack by Syrian forces on HTS position on the Jabal Zawiya frontline.

[32] On 16 January, fighters of the al-Qaeda-affiliated Ansar al-Tawhid launched a suicide attack on SAA positions on the Maarat Muzhas frontline, south of Idlib.

[34] On 18 January, HTS launched an attack on government positions on the Urum al-Kubra frontline in the western countryside of Aleppo, leading to violent clashes between both sides.

[53] Between 1 and 2 March, two government soldiers and a fighter of Ahrar al-Sham were killed in clashes on the Al-Ghab Plain and Jabal al Turkmen areas of the frontline.

[58][59] In the evening on 16 March, HTS forces launched an inghimasi attack on government positions on the frontline near al-Fatatira village in the Southern Idlib countryside.

[65][66] On 4 April, three government soldiers were killed and 4 others were injured in an infiltration attempt by HTS militants on the Jabal al-Zawiyah frontline in the southern Idlib countryside.

[67] On 11 April, three government soldiers were killed and 9 others were wounded after HTS forces fired an AGTM at a Syrian Army truck on the frontline in the western countryside of Aleppo.

[69] On the same day, a Syrian army tank was destroyed by an AGTM fired by opposition forces on the Kafr Nabl frontline, south of Idlib.

[73] On 26 May, commander-in-chief of the Russian special forces in Syria, colonel Oleg Viktorovich Pitchvesti was killed by HTS artillery strikes on a government military post on the Al-Jeb Al-Ahmar frontline in the Latakia countryside.

[76] On 10 June, two government soldiers and a HTS special forces militant were killed in clashes on the Saraqib, al-Fatterah and Maaret Elnaasan frontlines Idlib countryside.

During these airstrikes six civilians and three HTS fighters were killed and 30 others were injured when a Russian aircraft bombed a vegetable market in the outskirts of Jisr ash-Shughur.

[98] On 24 August, seven HTS fighters were killed and four others were injured by SAA artillery fire on the Kafr Taal frontline in the western Aleppo countryside.

[99] On 26 August, fighters from Ansar al Tawhid launched a large scale attack on Syrian Army forces in the village of Milaja in the southern Idlib countryside.

[100][101] On 27 August, violent clashes continued in Milaja as SAA forces attempted to recapture lost military posts still occupied by Ansar al-Tawhid.

[103] Later in the evening, Syrian Army forces again attacked Milaja village, killing five Ansar al-Tawhid fighters in an attempt to capture lost positions.

[106] On 30 August, Russian warplanes launched airstrikes on opposition positions on the Milaja frontline amid heavy SAA artillery bombardment at the same time.

[115] On 4 September, two government soldiers were blown up and killed by a HTS guided missile on the Tel Al-Malek frontline in the western Aleppo countryside.

[120] On 23 September, HTS forces destroyed a SAA tank with a guided missile in the town of Hizareen after violent shelling took place across the Idlib frontline.

[144] After a year of intensified clashes on the Northwestern frontline, a total of 711 people were killed, including 426 Syrian Army soldiers and militiamen, 152 HTS/opposition fighters and 127 civilians.

[149] On 17 December 5 SAA soldiers were killed in an infiltration operation by Ansar al-Tawhid militants on the Tallat Shir Sahab frotnline in the Latakia countryside.

[2][156] On 8 January, Turkish Islamic Party fighters damaged a Syrian Army tank using a TOW missile near the village of Kinsabba in Latakia province.

[162] On 19 February, two HTS militants were killed after Syrian Army forces launched a thermal rocket targeting their positions in the village of Banin in the Idlib countryside.

[172] On 20 March, five SAA soldiers were killed and three others were injured in an infiltration operation carried out by HTS militants on the al-Kabinah frontline in the Latakia countryside.

[180] On 5 April, a member of 'Ansar al-Islam' and a non-Syrian jihadist operating under HTS were killed by a SAA suicide drone on their military vehicle on the Al-Ankawy frontline in the Hama countryside.

[196] On 4 September, HTS launched an infiltration operation on the frontlines of Wai Kalaz and Al-Sarraf in Jabal Al-Turkman in the northern countryside of Latakia, killing 12 SAA soldiers.