Report: Syrian Govt Forces, Opposition Factions Clash in Quake-Hit Region

An aerial picture shows rescue teams searching for survivors in the rubble of a building following a morning earthquake in Atareb town, in the western countryside of Syria's northern province of Aleppo, on February 6, 2023. (AFP)

Syrian government forces and opposition factions have clashed overnight in northwest Syria for the first time since an earthquake devastated the region on Feb. 6, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Friday.

The northwest, one of the region's most badly affected by the earthquake that hit Syria and Türkiye, is controlled by insurgents opposed to the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus.