Syrian Army Starts Anti-Terrorism Operation to Reopen Key Road in Northern Hama

The pro-government forces and their allies engaged in fierce clashes with terrorists and managed to curb the advance made by terrorist groups in Northern Hama and began an intense counter-offensive to recover the lost villages and towns.

The military sources reported that the troops’ control over al-Shiha Hilltop North of al-Shiha town has paved the way to re-open the strategic Hama-Mahardah road.

Meanwhile, Syrian and Russian fighter jets conducted heavy airstrikes on militant positions in Halfaya and Al-Latamina; both towns serve as the launch-pad for rebel forces to attack Mahardah.

Terrorist sources confirmed on Wednesday that a sum of 69 terrorists, including several top leaders and commanders, were killed and many more were wounded in the Syrian Army’s ground and air assaults North of Hama province in the last week.

The coordination center of the terrorists confirmed that a sum of 69 militants, including 10 of their leaders, were killed and dozens more were wounded during the battle with the Syrian army in several villages North and North-East of Hama province from March 21 to 28, 2017.

Meantime, army sources also reported that the Syrian Air Force targeted terrorists’ gatherings and positions in the towns and villages of Al-Azwar, Khattab, Latamina and Kafr Zita in Northern Hama.

They added that Abdullah al-Hamoud Abu Arabi, a notorious commander of Jeish al-Izzah terrorist group, has been killed in clashes with the army soldiers North of Hama.

In another assault the army killed another military commander of the Al-Sham Liberation terrorist organization, Haitham Seifou al-Deeb nom de guerre Abu Qudama, in the same region, said the army report.