Syrian, Russian Troops Pound Tahrir Al-Sham's Military Positions in Hama, Idlib

The Syrian and Russian artillery units heavily pounded the military positions and movements of Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) terrorists in Northern Hama and Southern Idlib as militants continued their attacks on government troops from the demilitarized zone.

News ID: 443128

Date: 24 January 2019 - 11:48

RNA - The Damascus Army's artillery units heavily pounded the military positions of Tahrir al-Sham terrorists in the town of Bab al-Taqeh in Sahl al-Ghab in Western Hama, destroying several of their military centers used to attack the Syrian Army and killing several terrorists.

"The Russian troops deployed at a base in Qabibat village has targeted terrorists' military positions in the towns of Kafar Zita and al-Latamanieh, al-Zuka village, Ma'arkabeh, Hasraya and other regions in the Northern parts of Hama in massive missile attacks," the Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper quoted the opposition sources as saying.

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 Russian and Syrian artillery units heavily pounded the military positions and movements of Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at terrorists in Northern Hama and Southern Idlib as militants continued their attacks on government troops from the demilitarized zone.

The Syrian Army's artillery units heavily pounded the military positions of Tahrir al-Sham terrorists in the town of Bab al-Taqeh in Sahl al-Ghab in Western Hama, destroying several of their military centers used to attack the Syrian Army and killing several terrorists.

The Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper quoted the opposition sources as saying that the Russian troops deployed at a base in Qabibat village has targeted terrorists' military positions in the towns of Kafar Zita and al-Latamanieh, al-Zuka village, Ma'arkabeh, Hasraya and other regions in the Northern parts of Hama in massive missile attacks.

Meantime the Syrian Army's artillery units pounded and destroyed the terrorists' movements in the towns of Kafar Nubl and Jorjnaz, the surrounding areas of Sakik in Southern and Southeastern Idlib.

Aleppo

Turkish media outlets reported that the US has delivered two of its advanced anti-tank missile systems to the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), based in the Northern Syrian city of Manbij.

The US has supplied the YPG with its advanced Javelin and TOW anti-tank missile systems, the Turkish newspaper, Yeni Akit, cited sources as saying.

The sources claimed that right now, Turkey's special forces are trying to track these systems, as the YPG is "preparing a trap for Turkish tanks which are ready to enter Manbij".

The reported developments come after Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar reiterated during his meeting with Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Turkey's call on the US to promptly withdraw the US-backed YPG forces from Manbij.

Ankara has repeatedly blamed Washington for lending military support to the YPG, while the US insists its backing of the Kurds is needed to counter the ISIL.

Deir Ezzur

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have engaged in plundering people's properties and public infrastructure in areas under their control in Deir Ezzur as tensions between the SDF and civilians have sharply heightened.

The SDF fighters are stealing from houses in the villages of Albu Badran, al-Sha'afeh and Albu Khater where the ISIL terrorists have retreated from, the media activists in Eastern Deir Ezzur reported.

They said that the residents of the town of Hajin in Southeastern Deir Ezzur have clashed with SDF fighters in protest at the burglaries as tensions between civilians and the SDF have sharply increased.

Meantime, the SDF fighters have sent several trucks to al-Azba power plant in the surrounding areas of Koneko oil region East of Deir Ezzur to dismantle the power plant and send its components to Hasaka province. The residents of Hasaka have blocked the roads leading to the power plant, in response.

Raqqa

According to Fars News Agancy, the bodies of over 800 civilians killed in the US-led coalition airstrikes and the ISIL attacks were found in a mass grave in Raqqa, media sources reported on Tuesday.

The media activists disclosed that the new mass grave has been discovered in the village of al-Fakhikheh South of the city of Raqqa.

They underlined that between 600 to 800 corpses have been retrieved from the mass grave, and said that the newly-discovered mass grave was the 14th of its kind found in Raqqa City and its outskirts.

This is while Raqqa's civilian team also discovered more bodies of civilians, who were killed in the US-led coalition's airstrikes on Raqqa City, from under the debris of the destroyed buildings in districts of al-Tosayeh, Nazleh Shahadeh and al-Haramieh in Raqqa City.

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