Syrian Army Pounds Terrorists' Positions, Supply Lines in Demilitarized Zone

The Damascus Army warded off fresh offensives by Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) in the weapons-free zone against the military points in Northern Hama and Southern Idlib, leaving heavy tolls on them by destroying their strongholds and supply routes.

News ID: 442565

Date: 22 December 2018 - 15:10

RNA - The Syrian army forces launched heavy artillery and missile attacks on the positions and moves of Jeish al-Izza terrorists in the towns of al-Latamineh, Kafr Zita, al-Lahaya and al-Buwaizeh in Northern Hama on Thursday after Jeish al-Izza's fierce attacks on army positions in the region.

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-Idlib

The Syrian army fended off fresh offensives by Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at in the weapons-free zone against the military points in Northern Hama and Southern Idlib, leaving heavy tolls on them by destruction of their strongholds and supply routes.

The Syrian army forces launched heavy artillery and missile attacks on the positions and moves of Jeish al-Izza terrorists in the towns of al-Latamineh, Kafr Zita, al-Lahaya and al-Buwaizeh in Northern Hama on Thursday after Jeish al-Izza's fierce attacks on army positions in the region.

Meantime, the army's artillery units attacked terrorists' positions in the towns of Ma'arkabeh, al-Zahah and Wadi al-Dorat in Northern Hama.

A field source said that the Syrian army forces targeted several hideouts of the terrorists and their supply lines as well as vehicles, killing at least 15 militants.

The Syrian army troops also attacked a group of terrorists moving from the town of Hasraya and Abu Ra'eideh in the Northern parts of the town of Mahradeh in Northern Hama, killing a number of them.

Deir Ezzur

A Kurdish commander and a number of civilians were killed in clashes and popular protests against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Eastern Deir Ezzur.

Media activists in Eastern Syria reported that a large number of residents of the towns of Sweidan Jazirah, al-Hawayej, Doranj and Zayban in Southeastern Deir Ezzur held rallies against the SDF on Thursday.

They added that the popular uprising started after the SDF refrained from supplying the people with heating fuel and detained a number of them, noting that the Kurdish forces fired at the civilians, killing 2 of them and wounding at least 15 others.

Eastern Euphrates

The Turkish army continues dispatching military convoys to the borders with Syria to kick off an assault on the Kurds in Eastern Euphrates as the US declared withdrawal from the Syrian territories.

Field sources in Northern Syria reported on Wednesday that the Turkish army has sent several more military convoys, including vehicles and personnel-carriers, to the borders with Syria.

They added that the military convoys which consisted of several military vehicles, personnel carriers and forces reached Hatay at the Southern borders with Syria from Gaziantep.

Also, one of the commanders of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) named Zakaria Qarsli said that the FSA militants stationed in Jarablus in Northern Aleppo are prepared for the zero hour to start the offensive in Eastern Euphrates, adding that the first target of the operations is Manbij in Northeastern Aleppo.

Meantime, the Arabic-language website of Sputnik quoted a Turkish military source as saying that based on an agreement between the US and Turkey, the American forces will withdraw from the bordering areas which will witness the first stage of the military operations.

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