Syrian Army Tightening Noose on Terrorist-Held Airbase in Idlib Province

The sources said that the army men captured the villages of Hamidiyeh, Hamidiyeh Shaddad and Aljaki’yeh near Abu al-Dhohour strategic airbase in Southeastern Idlib.

The sources said that the army men inflicted major casualties on the terrorists and recaptured lost lands in Atshan, Um Khalakhil, Zerzour, Khi’yareh, Ajouz and Kafraya regions.

The army men, meantime, repelled terrorists’ heavy offensive on the villages of Kharbiyeh and Rabi’eh in Southeastern Idlib, targeting and destroying two bomb-laden vehicles of the terrorists before they could hit the army positions.

Local sources confirmed on Friday that tens of militants, including three notorious commanders of the combat units of three main terrorist groups were killed in the Syrian Army troops’ operation in Northeastern Hama and Southeastern Idlib.

The sources said that Ibrahim al-Alyan nom de guerre Abu Rabi’a, a military commander of Jeish al-Nasr-Free Army, was killed in the army attacks in Northeastern Hama.

In the meantime, Basam Khatab nom de guerre Abu Seif Kafr Owayd, a commander of Ahrar al-Sham and field Commander of Faylaq al-Sham Hassan Abu Khadija were killed in the battels with the army men in Khwein region in Southeastern Idlib.