Army Troops Win Back Several New Points in Central Syria

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian army forces staged military operations in Eastern Homs and Hama, regaining control of new regions.

News ID: 65630

Date: 17 August 2017 - 14:10

The Syrian soldiers advanced in regions near Ithriya in Eastern Hama, retaking control of several hills and military control of the villages of al-Fasedah and Amsheh Radeh in Eastern Salamiyeh.
The Syrian army, supported by the air force and artillery fire, also thwarted the ISIL offensives against several military points in Job al-Mazare in the Northeastern parts of the village of al-Maboujeh in Eastern Hama, inflicting heavy tolls on the terrorists.

Meantime, the army units advanced from the Eastern parts of Hama towards the Eastern parts of Homs province, taking back control of several points in the Northern parts of Sha'er mountain after heavy clashes with the militants.

Also, the Syrian fighter jets pounded the ISIL positions and moves in areas of clashes in the Northern parts of Sha'er mountain, al-Tayebeh region and Northeastern al-Sukhnah, smashing several positions, vehicles and military equipment and leaving a large number of ISIL members killed and wounded.

Meantime, the Syrian soldiers blew up a number of ISIL's bomb-laden cars before they reached one of the army's new points in Homs.

In a relevant development on Tuesday, the Syrian army troops continued to advance against ISIL in the Eastern territories of Homs and Hama provinces, paving the ground for the full liberation of Central Syria after almost four years of terrorists' occupation.

The Syrian pro-government forces imposed heavy defeats on ISIL after taking control over the key town of al-Sukhnah in Eastern Homs and their advances in the Southern parts of Raqqa province in recent days.

In the meantime, thousands of the Syrian soldiers East of the town of al-Salamiyah in Eastern Hama managed to advance significantly towards the town of Aqayrabat, driving ISIL out of a number of key positions.

Also, the Syrian and Russian fighter jets have continued their heavy air raids on ISIL's movements and positions in the Eastern territories of Hama and Homs.

According to a military source, the ISIL has sent most of their fighters deployed in Eastern Hama to the Tayebeh region.

The source added that the ISIL terrorists are being deployed to Tayebeh in order to obstruct the Syrian Army from reaching their forces in the Homs province.

Aqayrabat has long been the ISIL’s main stronghold in the Central Syria as it is a cross-roads town that is located near the provincial borders of the Hama, Homs, and Raqqa provinces, and SIL's defeat in al-Sukhnah is a severe blow to the terrorists in Aqayrabat.

Losing Aqayrabat --- after al-Sukhnah --- will leave the ISIL group with no choice but to abandon Central Syria and move their remaining militants to the Eastern part of the country, Deir Ezzur.