A photo of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is set up on a tree in the city of Maarat al-Numan, located on the M5 international highway, 33 km south of Idlib, Syria. The Syrian army liberated the M5 highway from Islamic State militants during the the Syrian military operation and restored full control over the road linking the capital Damascus with Aleppo for the first time since 2012.
- Package: Syria Maarat al-Numan
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Maarat al-Numan, Syria
- Event date: 12.02.2020
- Date published: 15.02.2020
- Author: Dmitriy Vinogradov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4928x3280px, 7Mb
- Job-ID: 7afd505471089355