Syria: Army Wins Back Strategic Village in Hama

The army units engaged in heavy clashes with al-Nusra terrorists on Friday, and seized back control of Kokab village in Eastern Souran.

Meantime, the residents of Kafr Naboudeh town in Northwestern Hama blocked the roads leading to the town, preventing the terrorists stationed in Kafr Naboudeh from launching attacks against the army positions in the Northern parts of Hama.

Militants of al-Nusra Front as well as other allied groups had on Thursday attacked several villages North of the city of Hama in Syria, killing over two dozen people, a security source said.

“The militants staged a massacre in the village of Majdal North of Hama. Twenty five civilians were killed as result of the attack, with women and children among them,” the source said.

The attack took place as a nationwide ceasefire was introduced in Syria in December 2016, with Russia being one of its guarantors, however, terrorist groups, such as Fatah al Sham Front and ISIL, are not part of the deal.