The Damascus Army backed by the Syrian and Russian air force warded off several attacks launched by Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) in several regions to regain the regions they have already lost in Northern Hama, killing over 140 terrorists. RNA - "The Syrian Army in a coordinated military operation from the towns of al-Jobin, al-Hamamiat and Karnaz in Northern and Northwestern Hama launched counterattacks after fending off terrorists' offensives, and killed tens of militants after fully cleansing the towns of Kafar Houd and Tal al-Melh," the Arabic-language website of the Russian Sputnik news agency quoted a military source as saying.
Meantime, the Syrian army continued its military advances in other parts of Syria over past 24 hours.
Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured during the Syrian army's operations in provinces across Syria.
Hama
The Army backed by Syrian and Russian air force warded off several attacks launched by Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at in several regions to regain the regions they have already lost in Northern Hama, killing over 140 terrorists.
The Arabic-language website of the Russian Sputnik news agency quoted a military source as saying that the Syrian Army in a coordinated military operation from the towns of al-Jobin, al-Hamamiat and Karnaz in Northern and Northwestern Hama launched counterattacks after fending off terrorists' offensives, and killed tens of militants after fully cleansing the towns of Kafar Houd and Tal al-Melh.
It pointed to the Syrian Army's continued military operations to clean up the remnants of terrorists, and said after purging terrorists from the farms located between Tal Melh and al-Jobin town in Northern Hama, the Syrian Army liberated all the positions that it had temporarily withdrawn from.
The Syrian Army also held captive several terrorists in an ambush operation in Karnaz and Tal Melh in Northern Hama.
The Syrian and Russian fighter jets also heavily pounded the terrorists' lines of movement in different axes, including al-Zuka, al-Arbaeen, al-Latamneh and Kafar Zita, the surroundings of Mourek, Khan Sheikhoun and the town of al-Sayyad in Northern Hama and Southern Idlib. The Syrian and Russian air forces managed to cut the terrorists' movements from Idlib to Northern and Northwestern Hama.
Aleppo
At least 14 officers of the Turkish army and Ankara-backed elite militants were killed in recent attacks by the Kurdish fighters in Afrin and Izaz in Northern Aleppo, Kurdish sources said.
The Kurdish-language Afrin news website reported that the Afrin Liberation Forces pounded the Turkish Army's military position in Jalbareh town in Afrin's Shirawa region in Northwestern Aleppo, killing two Turkish Army forces and injuring another one.
Meantime, at least five Turkish Army military men and Ankara-backed militants were killed and wounded in Kurdish military operations against them in Marsa town in Afrin and near Kafar Khasher region of Izaz in Northern Aleppo.
The Kurdish fighters also launched an offensive against the so-called Military Police backed by Turkey in Jandaris region in Afrin, destroying their military vehicle as well as killing three of them and wounding three others.
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