ISIL’s Long Military Column Destroyed in Syrian Army Attack in Hama

The army units carried out an ambush operation against a long convoy of ISIL’s vehicles en route from Northern Hama to Raqqa.

ISIL was trying to transfer fighters from Southern Syria to Raqqa front via al-Salamiyah-Ithriya highway in order to fight off the advancing Kurdish forces, but the convoy of terrorists’ vehicles came under heavy fire by the Syrian government forces.

Military sources said that the terrorist group packed several vehicles with explosives that would prove to be a fatal mistake, as a Syrian Army unit carried out a powerful ambush along the road during the night.

According to a military source in Salamiyah city, the Syrian Army rained anti-tank missiles on the convoy, causing a series of massive explosions that destroyed almost all of the transport vehicles.

A row of burning vehicles blocked the Ithriya-Salamiyah Highway, forcing the Syrian Army to once again close the highway as a result of the ISIL presence in this part of Northeastern Hama.

Military reports said Saturday that the army troops killed some 500 terrorists in their continued march on Al-Nusra Front (also known as Fatah al-Sham Front or the Levant Liberation Board) in Northern Hama.

The army units engaged in an intense battle with Al-Nusra in Northern Hama and established full control over the towns and villages of Abu Obeida, Shliout, Hajamah, Zour al-Masagh, Taslibat Umm Hessan, killing almost 500 terrorists and destroying 3 tanks and 40 military vehicles, army reports said.

The army also established control over the Abu Ubaida and Shliout checkpoints North of Maharda.

Informed sources reported that Amin Al-Baywar, the Emir of the training camps of Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at (the Levant Liberation Board), religious leader of Tahrir al-Sham Mohammad Ahmad Julaq, leader of the Turkestani movement Abu Riaq Turkistani and Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at’s Saudi fighter Abdul Rahman Abdullah Da’id are among the terrorists killed in Northern Hama.