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Army Launches Massive Offensive against Al-Nusra in Hama

Rasa - The Syrian army units, backed by the air force, killed tens of al-Nusra Front (also known as Fatah al-Sham Front or the Levant Liberation Board) terrorists and destroyed a large number of their vehicles and military positions in different areas in the Northern parts of Hama province.

News ID: 429004

Date: 17 April 2017 - 21:29

RNA - The fighter jets carried out a number of combat sorties over the movements of Al-Nusra in Hama province.

The Syrian army also inflicted heavy losses on the terrorist groups in other key regions across Syria.

Hama

The Syrian Army's artillery and missile units along with the country's warplanes targeted the defense lines and movements of Al-Nusra Front in six different regions in Northern Hama, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

The artillery and missile units opened heavy fire at the strongholds of Al-Nusra in the towns of Souran, Taybat al-Imam, Atshan, Tal (hill) Bazam and Tal Skeik in Northern Hama, killing or wounding a number of terrorists and destroying their military vehicles and equipment.

In the meantime, the army aircraft carried out several combat flights over the Al-Nusra positions in al-Latamina, Taybat al-Imam, and areas near Souran in Northern Hama, killing a number of terrorists.

Relevant reports said on Saturday that the Russian fighter jets launched massive air raids on terrorists' positions and gathering centers in Northwestern Hama, inflicting major losses on the militants.

Dara'a

The Syrian Army's artillery and missile units pounded the positions of Al-Nusra Front in different neighborhood of the Southern city of Dara'a, destroying a main command post of the terrorists and killing 10 of them.

The artillery and missile units pounded the concentration centers and positions of Al-Nusra South of al-Manshiyeh neighborhood, near Katakit building, al-Masri square, Tariq al-Saad (way to dam) neighborhood and North of Seida carpet company in Dara'a city, killing and wounding over 10 militants and destroying a main command post, a mortar launcher, a cannon and a military vehicle.

Damascus

The Syrian Army troops fended off another large-scale offensive of Al-Nusra Front in Eastern Ghouta, killing and wounding a number of terrorists.

The army men warded off the Al-Nusra attack on several positions of the government forces in al-Qaboun, Tishrin and Jobar districts East and North-East of Damascus province.

The Al-Nusra failed to prevail over the army positions, local source said, adding that the army carried out a rapid counterattack on Al-Nusra positions in al-Qaboun district, killing at least 10 terrorists and destroying three armored vehicles.

Raqqa

The Syrian Air Force, tipped off by the Iraqi intelligence, launched a major assault on ISIL's most important bases in Raqqa city for the second day in a row, Iraq's Joint Operation Command announced in a statement on Sunday.

The statement released on the Arabic-language Elam al-Harbi website said the Syrian air force received valuable information from the Iraqi military intelligence units within the quadrilateral Intelligence Sharing Center.

It added that based on the intel the Syrian warplanes launched repeated combat sorties over ISIL's largest positions in Raqqa with the most prominent suicide and military commanders inside them.

Elam al-Harbi further added that ISIL's Hasaba (monitoring forces) base, Financial Council, ISIL's Religious Board Center and the terrorist group's Economic Council were destroyed in the air raids.

In the meantime, two hideouts of ISIL in Raqqa were targeted and destroyed in the airstrikes, the statement said, adding that two senior ISIL commander killed in the assault.

Aleppo

A local source in Northern Aleppo confirmed that over 90 militants have been killed or wounded in clashes between the Ankara-backed gunmen of al-Shamiyeh Front and Suleiman Shah fighters near a border town.

The source from al-Shahba region reported that three days ago after the Turkish army appointed Abu Hatem al-Dayeri as the commander of al-Shamiyeh Front, clashes restarted between al-Shamiyeh and members of Suleiman Shah in al-Shahba region West of the border town of Jarabulus in Northern Aleppo.

The source further added that the clashes between the rival terrorists expanded up to the Central part of al-Qandoureh region West of Jarabulus, adding that 40 militants have been killed and over 50 others have been wounded from both sides.

The source pointed out that the clashes are still underway.

Deir Ezzur

The Syrian Army troops continued to hit ISIL's gathering centers and movements in Southern countryside of Deir Ezzur city and managed to capture another key position South of the city's airbase, killing a number of terrorists, including a senior field commander.

The army units engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL South of Deir Ezzur airbase and drove them out of Faraj strategic position.

The army's artillery and missile units also targeted the concentration centers and movements of ISIL in al-Maqaber (cemetery) region and its surrounding areas in the Southern outskirts of Deir Ezzur city and al-Orfi neighborhood inside the city, destroying several positions of the terrorists and killing a large number of them, including a field commander nom de guerre Abdul Wahab Yasin.

Local sources in the town of al-Mouhassan in Eastern Deir Ezzur reported that civilians entered clashes with ISIL in the region, leaving a number of terrorists dead or wounded.

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