Syria in Last 24 Hours: Terrorists’ Key Positions in Hama Destroyed in Army Artillery Fire

The Syrian army’s artillery and missile units pounded the strongholds and movements of Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) and other terrorist groups in Tal al-Sayad North of the town of Kafr Zit in Northern Hama.

An armored vehicle and a depot of arms and ammunition of Kata’eb al-Izzah were destroyed during the attack.

The terrorists sustained heavy casualties and losses.

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

The Syrian Army’s artillery and missile units opened heavy fire at terrorists’ positions in Northern Hama on Sunday, destroying an arms depot and some missile platforms.

The artillery and missile units shelled the strongholds and movements of Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at and other terrorist groups in Tal al-Sayad North of the town of Kafr Zit in Northern Hama, destroying an armored vehicle and a depot of arms and ammunition of Kata’eb al-Izzah and imposing heavy casualties on the terrorists.

Other artillery and missile units pounded terrorists’ positions near the town of Kafr Zita that is supposed to be one of the most important bases of Tahrir al-Sham in Northern Hama, destroying several positions used for launching missile attacks on residential areas.

Jeish al-Izzah has launched numerous missile attacks on the towns of al-Salqibiyeh and Salhab in Northern Hama, killing at least ten civilians, including children.

The Damascus Army forces on Friday hit hard the command centers of Al-Nusra Front and other terrorist groups in al-Latamina 8 kilometers East of Khan Sheikhoun and the village of al-Tah North of Khan Sheikhoun in Southern Idlib.

Idlib

A massive Turkish military convoy entered Idlib province in Northwestern Syria from the Hatay province, opposition activists reported on Sunday.

According to the Syrian opposition activists, the Turkish military convoy consisted of more than 300 vehicles, including tanks, MLRS launchers and BMPs, the AMN reported.

The Turkish military convoy reportedly entered Syria through the Kafr Losin Crossing on Saturday night, heading towards the rebel front-lines in the Idlib and Hama provinces.

Some opposition activists have claimed that the Turkish military was heading to Idlib with Man-Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS), if true, would mean that they are preparing to down any Syrian warplane flying over their positions.

Sweida

The Syrian Army troops continued hunting the remaining pockets of ISIL terrorists in the Eastern deserts of Sweida, and imposed control over more regions in the depth of Toloul al-Safa area on Sunday.

The army men stormed ISIL’s positons in the depth of the rocks in Toloul al-Safa in the Eastern deserts of Sweida, and seized a strategic area.

The army soldiers further took control of several heights and caves used by the terrorists as their stronghold.

In the meantime, the army’s artillery and missile units and aircraft pounded ISIL’s positions in the rocks, inflicting tens of casualties on the militants.

Earlier reports said that the Army men, backed up by artillery and missile units, engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL in the Eastern deserts of Sweida, taking control over several points in Qa’a al-Banat region Northwest of Toloul al-Safa.

In the meantime, a field source pointed to the 3-kilometer advance of the army men in Qa’a al-Banat, and said the army has its positions and has set up more strongholds in the Toloul al-Safa rugged terrain.

The source further said that the army has destroyed a number of ISIL positions and hideouts n Toloul al-Safa and has repelled several attacks launched by the ISIL to remove the siege on Toloul al-Safa.

Aleppo

Two Ankara-backed militant groups engaged in clashes in Afrin region in Northwestern Aleppo after internal disputes deteriorated and went out of control, a Kurdish-language media outlet reported on Sunday.

Hawar News reported that terrorists of Ahrar al-Sharqiyeh and Ahrar al-Sham, both affiliated to the Turkish army, exchanged fire in the village of Diki in Bolbol region, adding that at least three terrorists were killed in the infighting.

It further said that Ahrar al-Sham militants managed to escape from the village along with their family members on three vehicles carrying the villagers’ assets the terrorists had stolen.

The source said that the Ankara-backed forces seized mobiles of the residents in Afrin’s old neighborhood to avoid the spread of the news to other regions, Hawar news said, adding that the occupiers and their allied militants have been continuing looting people’s assets, assassination and detention of tens of civilians to blackmail their families.