Syrian Army to Open New Front towards Idlib

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian army has dispatched a large number of forces and equipment to Lattakia to open a new front towards Idlib, field sources said on Thursday.

News ID: 67774

Date: 28 December 2017 - 17:59

The sources confirmed that the army has sent its forces and military equipment to the 5 regions of Nabi Younes, Zahiyeh, Kanasba, al-Qasatal and Shalaf castle in Lattakia.

Meantime, a large number of Syrian army soldiers have been dispatched to Masif Salami in Jabal al-Akrad in Lattakia in the past few days.

The field sources said that the army wants to open the strategic front of Jisr al-Shaqour in Western Idlib which is one of the main fronts towards Idlib by sending reinforcements to the region.

Jisr al-Shaqour is one of the strategic regions in Idlib which links Northern Syria to the coastal regions, and the Turkistani terrorists are stationed in that region.

In a relevant development on Wednesday, the Syrian Army men drove the Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) out of more regions in Northeastern Hama in their push towards Abu al-Dhohour airbase in Southeastern Idlib.

The army soldiers stormed Al-Nusra positions in Northeastern Hama and imposed control over Ra'as al-Ein hill Northeast of the village of Khneifes and the village of Qabibat Abu al-Hoda North of al-Khneifes.

Also, other units of the army hit Al-Nusra's positions in al-Mosheirefeh, Abu Dali regions, Tal (hill) Al-Moqata'a, Tal al-Tawil and Tal Awvad and imposed major losses on the terrorists.

In the meantime, the Syrian Air Force pounded terrorists' strongholds in the towns of Atshan, Abu Dali and al-Tamanna in Northern Hama, killing a number of Al-Nusra fighters and destroying their positions.

The army men are advancing towards Abu al-Dhohour airbase in Southeastern Idlib from Eastern and Northeastern Hama and Southeastern Aleppo.