Syrian Army Ends ISIL's Presence in Hama, Aleppo Provinces

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian Army troops continued military operations in Hama, Aleppo, Idlib triangle, purging the provinces of Hama and Aleppo of the ISIL terrorists, military sources confirmed on Saturday.

News ID: 68594

Date: 10 February 2018 - 14:05

The sources said that the army men have freed tens of towns, villages and farms in Hama, Aleppo and Idlib province, killing a large number of ISIL terrorists, mostly non-Syrians.

The army units destroyed a number of ISIL's command centers, positions, vehicles and a large volume of their equipment and seized more arms and military hardware.

The sources further said that the army men have pushed ISIL back from Aleppo and Hama province and have dove most of the Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) terrorists out of Southern Aleppo.

They added that the army soldiers' advances in Hama and Aleppo provinces enabled the government forces to restore security to several supply lines between Aleppo and Hama provinces with links to Syria's Badiyeh (desert) and the country's border with Iraq.

Military sources said on Friday that the army troops beat ISIL back from fifteen more villages in Northeastern Hama, inching closer to a complete liberation of the region.

The army men stormed the ISIL terrorists trapped in a region between the provinces of Hama, Idlib and Aleppo and drove them back from the villages of Artavaziyeh Mokhlef, Mokhlef, Jubb al-Hamlan, Rasm Jubb al-Hamlan, Ein al-Na'ajah, Rasm al-Dab, Rasm al-Dhaba'a, Ma'ar Shamali, Ma'ar Janoubi, Kaviraj, Tal Showeih, Rasm al-Sabal, Abu Ajvah Sharqi, Abu Ajvah Qarbi and al-Jarirah in Northeastern Hama.