Syrian, Russian Armies Launch Heaviest Attacks on Terrorists in Hama, Idlib

The Russian and Syrian air force units heavily pounded the militants' positions in Northern Hama and Southern Idlib in response to the offensives of Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) in the demilitarized zone.

News ID: 443933

Date: 15 March 2019 - 19:04

RNA = "The Russian and Syrian fighter jets launched airstrikes against the terrorists' hideouts in al-Tamane'ah, al-Nayrab, Saraqib, Kafr Amim and Ma'arat Hormat in Southern and Eastern Idlib as well as their positions in Northern and Northwestern Hama," the Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper reported on Thursday.

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 several provinces across Syria.

Hama-Idlib

The Syrian and Russian air force units heavily pounded the militants' positions in Northern Hama and Southern Idlib in response to the offensives of Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at in the demilitarized zone.

The Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper reported on Thursday that the Russian and Syrian fighter jets launched airstrikes against the terrorists' hideouts in al-Tamane'ah, al-Nayrab, Saraqib, Kafr Amim and Ma'arat Hormat in Southern and Eastern Idlib as well as their positions in Northern and Northwestern Hama.

Field sources described the Wednesday attacks as the heaviest airstrikes by the Russian and Syrian air force units since September, saying that a large number of terrorists were killed and wounded in the offensive.

Concurrent with the airstrikes, the Syrian army forces warded off the terrorists' attacks from Kafr Naboudeh, al-Sakhar and Murak against the military points.

They also targeted the militants' moves from the towns of Ma'arat, Hormat al-Khowin, al-Zarzour and al-Tamane'ah towards the military points in Southeastern Idlib with heavy missile attacks, leaving heavy damage on them.

The Syrian army units in response to the terrorists' attacks on safe regions in Aleppo and Lattakia, launched strikes against their positions in al-Khalsah, al-Hamirah in Southern Aleppo and regions near Jisr al-Shaqour and Lattakia mountains.

The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that the Russian Aerospace Force has destroyed a weapons depot belonging to the Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at terror group in the Syrian province of Idlib.

A pinpoint airstrike was carried out on Wednesday in coordination with Turkey.

The air raid "targeted a weapons depot belonging to the Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at terror group in the city of Idlib," the defense ministry added.

"According to information confirmed through several channels, militants earlier brought a large number of combat unmanned aerial vehicles to the facility, which they planned to use for attacks on Russia’s Hmeimim air base," the statement read.

Dara'a

The Syrian army found a large number of weapons and military equipment, including Israeli-made arms, during purging operations in regions liberated from the terrorists in the Northern parts of Dara'a province.

According to Fars News Agancy, the engineering units of the Syrian army discovered the military equipment and ammunitions in the towns of Ankhal and al-Hareh in Northern Dara'a on Thursday.

A military source said that the Syrian army found different types of assault rifles, machine-guns, RPGs, cannons, anti-tank missiles, grenades, night-vision systems and different types of communication systems, adding that a number of them were made in Israel.

Raqqa

Several Kurdish militants were killed in the popular forces' attacks on a convoy of the US and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Raqqa.

The Arabic-language website of Sputnik reported on Wednesday that the popular forces in Raqqa detonated a bomb on the way of a joint convoy of the US and SDF forces in al-Haramiyeh district in Raqqa city.

It added that the blast occurred as the US forces and the intelligence units of the SDF have planted over 600 cameras in the streets and districts of Raqqa.

Meantime, the Arabic-language al-Baladi website reported that during the attack, 3 Kurdish forces were killed and 8 others were wounded, adding that the SDF has put its forces on alert.

Popular protests against the deployment of occupying American forces and the US-backed SDF in Raqqa have increased recently.

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