Syrian Army Preparing to Reopen Crucial Road in Hama

The Damascus Army is preparing to take full control of strategic points to reopen the key Saqilbieh-Mahradeh road in Northern Hama as government forces have intensified their military operations in the region.

News ID: 445749

Date: 01 July 2019 - 20:44

RNA - The Syrian Army's missile and artillery units targeted and heavily pounded the military positions and movements of Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) and Jeizh al-Izza terrorist groups in the towns of al-Jobin and Tal Malh in Northern Hama, destroying several of their military positions and hardware and killing a number of them.

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

The Syrian Army is preparing to take full control of strategic points to reopen the key Saqilbieh-Mahradeh road in Northern Hama as government forces have intensified their military operations in the region.

The missile and artillery units of the Damascus Army targeted and heavily pounded the military positions and movements of Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at and Jeizh al-Izza terrorist groups in the towns of al-Jobin and Tal Malh in Northern Hama, destroying several of their military positions and hardware and killing a number of them.

Meantime, a military source noted that the Syrian Army troops destroyed the defense lines of the terrorists in Northern Hama, and said that the Syrian Army intends to reopen the strategic Saqilbieh-Mahradeh Road by taking full control of strategic town of Tal Malh.

He also said that the Syrian Army's artillery units destroyed the terrorists' logistical convoys in Abu Raideh, al-Zuka, Hasraya, al-Latamineh in Northern Hama.

Meantime, the Turkish Army sent fresh military convoys comprising armored personnel carriers and a large number of its elite forces to the border towns of Reyhanli and Qirq Khan behind borders with Syria.

Deir Ezzur

The commanders of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are plundering oil resources from oil wells of al-Jafreh in the Eastern part of the new town of Akidat in Eastern Deir Ezzur, media reports said Saturday.

According to Fars News Agancy, the plundering of Syria's oil resources has taken place at the order of SDF commander Shahou nom de guerre Hafal Farzat, the Euphrates Post quoted special sources as saying.

It noted that the SDF has reconstructed infrastructure near the oil well in a bid to facilitate passage of oil tankers.

The SDF measures in plundering energy resources comes as vast areas in Deir Ezzur, Hasaka and Raqqa in Eastern Syria are suffering from shortage of fuel.

Aleppo

At least eight Turkish Army soldiers were killed and wounded in three recent military attacks of the Kurdish fighters in Afrin region in Northwestern Aleppo, media reports said.

The Kurdish-language Hawar News website reported that Afrin Liberation Forces in an ambush operation against the Turkish Army in Afrin-Bastouleh road in Shirawa region killed one Turkish Army soldier and severely wounded seven others.

The Kurdish forces also attacked the Turkish Army's military point in Kabashin Hill in Shirawa region from two directions, killing and wounding five Ankara-backed militants in fierce clashes.

Meantime, two militants of the so-called  'Military Police' were killed in a bomb explosion carried out by Kurdish fighters at their headquarters in Tarandeh district.

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