Syria in Last 24 Hours:

Army Preempts Terrorists' Offensives in Demilitarized Zone in Hama

Rasa - The Damascus Army opened heavy fire at the movements of a group of terrorists in the demilitarized zone in Northern Hama over the past 24 hours, preempting their attack on government forces, a field source reported.

News ID: 441571

Date: 18 November 2018 - 11:12

RNA - The source said that the Syrian army's artillery and missile units, deployed in the small town of Mahradah Shamali pounded the movements of Kata'eb al-Izzah near the town of al-Latamina in Northern Hama and managed to preempt their attack.

He noted that the terrorists suffered heavy casualties in the artillery and missile attack.

Meantime, the Syrian army continued its military advances in other parts of Syria over the 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 Syrian Army troops opened heavy fire at the movements of a group of terrorists in the demilitarized zone in Northern Hama, preempting their attack on government forces, a field source reported on Friday.

The army's artillery and missile units, deployed in the small town of Mahradah Shamali pounded the movements of Kata'eb al-Izzah near the town of al-Latamina in Northern Hama and managed to preempt their attack, the source said, adding that the terrorists suffered heavy casualties in the artillery and missile attack.

In the meantime, other artillery units, deployed near the village of Tal Malah shelled a group of terrorists West of the small town of al-Zakat and Hasraya, preempting a second terrorist front that was preparing for an attack from the demilitarized zone.

A large number of terrorists were killed or wounded, their military hardware were destroyed and the remaining pockets of their gunmen were forced to retreat from the battlefield.

Aleppo

One of the key security commanders of Kurdish Asayesh Police was gunned down by unidentified attackers in Manbij region as tension and infighting is on rise among the US-backed militias in Northeastern Aleppo, a militant-affiliated news website reported on Friday.

Al-Baladi quoted local sources in Northeastern Aleppo as reporting that Hafal nom de guerre Bouzan, a security commander of PYD-affiliated Asayesh Police was killed after unknown attackers opened fire at him near the town on Ein al-Arab (Kobani) in Northeastern Aleppo.

It further said that the body of Bouzan was discovered along a road to the village of Dandoshan near the village of Sarin, adding that Asayehs kept forces on alert after the incident.

A growing wave of tensions and infighting has covered the Kurdish front as Turkish troops are about to launch an assault on the Eastern bank of the Euphrates River.

Raqqa

Various units of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces started exchanging heavy fire at a checkpoint in al-Sawame'e square in the Northern part of Raqqa city's center on Thursday, local sources said, adding that several SDF forces have been wounded.

According to Fars News Agancy, the sources reported on Thursday that the clashes erupted after internal disputes, adding that the so-called Democratic Military Police entered the region to end the clashes.

Meantime, reports said that the SDF has withdrawn from a number of its positions inside Raqqa city, including al-Amasi, al-Shabibeh, Kaziyeh Abu al-Haif and Nazlat al-Sakneh.

Other field sources also reported that the Kurds were forced to withdraw from their positions in Raqqa after tensions intensified in SDF-occupied regions in Eastern Deir Ezzur.

Deir Ezzur

Pro-government and militant-affiliated media in Syria reported heavy clashes between the Syrian army and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Eastern Deir Ezzur.

The Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper reported that the army forces and the militants of the so-called Military Council affiliated to the SDF engaged in fierce clashes on both banks of the Euphrates river in Eastern Deir Ezzur.

It added that the SDF targeted the Syrian army positions in al-Hajaneh and al-Jisr checkpoint with heavy machine-gun fire from the town of Zabyan in Eastern Euphrates. The army troops responded with attacks on their strongholds in Zabyan.

One of the SDF forces was killed in the exchange of fire between the two sides, sources affiliated to the militants said.

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