Syria in Last 24 Hours:

Terrorists' Bases in Hama, Idlib Destroyed in Army Attack

Rasa - The Damascus Army's artillery units pounded the movements of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) in Northern Hama and Western Idlib, damaging their bases and positions over the past 24 hours.

News ID: 439007

Date: 08 August 2018 - 21:17

RNA - Positions of Tahrir al-Sham and its allied terrorist groups came under the attack of the artillery and missile units in the village of al-Qarqour in al-Ghaab Plain in Northwestern Hama and also in Badama region near Jisr al-Shughour in Western Idlib, inflicting major losses on their bases.

The terrorists suffered heavy casualties and their military equipment sustained major damage in the army fire.

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-Idlib

The Syrian army artillery pounded the movements of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at in Northern Hama and Western Idlib, damaging their bases and positions on Tuesday.

The artillery and missile units pounded the positions of Tahrir al-Sham and its allied terrorist groups in the village of al-Qarqour in al-Ghaab Plain in Northwestern Hama and also in Badama region near Jisr al-Shughour in Western Idlib, inflicting major losses on their bases.

In the meantime, terrorists' positions in the town of al-Latamina and its outskirt and in the small towns of al-Baneh, al-Sakhar and in other regions in Northern Hama came under heavy fire by the army's artillery and missile units.

Aleppo

Abdul Khaliq Jiro, a notorious field commander of the terrorists, was killed in a bomb blast during an attempt to infiltrate into the Syrian Army positions in Western Aleppo on Tuesday.

Abdul Khaliq Jiro, a senior field commander of the National Liberation Front was killed in a bomb explosion in al-Bohouth al-Emiyeh region in Western countryside of Aleppo city.

Jiro was killed in the blast while trying to prevail over the army positions.

In the meantime, the army's artillery and missile units responded to the terrorists' truce violation and pounded their positions in Jam'iyat al-Zahra and al-Raymoun region near Aleppo.

Other artillery units pounded terrorists' movements in the small towns of Jazraya and Zamar in Southern Aleppo, inflicting major losses on the militants.

Lattakia

The Syrian Arm men engaged in fierce clashes with Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at in Northern Lattakia near the border with Turkey, fending off the terrorists' attack after inflicting major losses on them on Tuesday.

The government forces, backed up by the artillery and missile units, exchanged heavy fire with Tahrir al-Sham and its allied militants near the small town of al-Saraf in al-Rabi'eh region in Northern Lattakia near the border with Turkey, repelling the terrorists' heavy offensive.

Terrorist groups left behind their dead and injured members and retreated from the battlefield to evade more casualties.

Sweida

The Syrian Army units continued storming ISIL's positions in Badiyeh (desert) of Sweida, advancing towards one of the main bases of the terrorists from several flanks on Tuesday.

The army men struck ISIL's positions in the villages of Shenvan and al-Saqiyeh and captured several hills and valleys in Badiyeh in Northeastern Sweida.

Other units of the army managed to free Malha Cave region and Tal Sanim in al-Kara'a from ISIL.

The army soldiers further advanced and drove ISIL out of al-Hossan region.

Field sources, meantime, reported that other army units advanced against ISIL in the third flank from Souh al-Majidi and Ba'ar Shaman up to East of Tal Asfar towards Khirbet al-Ambashi and al-Habiriyeh.

The sources further pointed to the army's advances from al-Zalaf towards al-Ruhba region near al-Safa, adding that the army is planning to lay siege on al-Safa region that is supposed to be one of the main bases of the ISIL in Badiyeh.

Hasaka

The US Army dispatched another long military convoy to the regions under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Northeastern Syria amid fresh tensions between Ankara and Washington.

The US-led coalition sent a sum of 200 trucks of arms and ammunition to the SDF deployed in Northeastern Syria.

The trucks were carrying a large volume of heavy and semi-heavy arms and military equipment for the SDF in Southern Hasaka.

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