Syrian Army Recaptures Lost Lands in Rapid Counter-Attack in Southeastern Hama

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian Army troops repelled another heavy offensive of the Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) in Southeastern Hama and further carried out a rapid counter-attack, recapturing lost positions, local sources reported on Tuesday.

News ID: 68645

Date: 13 February 2018 - 13:57

The sources said that army men fended off a heavy attack of a group of Al-Nusra terrorists in a region from the Southwest of the town of al-Salamiyah to the towns of Talbiseh and al-Rastan in Northern Homs and further to the village of al-Ramileh, inflicting heavy casualties on the militants.

The sources added that the army men further carried out a rapid counter-attack at Hama border with Homs and managed to impose control over lost lands in the village of Moqasem al-Hamrat Southwest of the small town of Khneifes in Southeastern Hama.

In relevant developments on Monday that army men warded off heavy attacks of the Al-Nusra Front and Jeish al-Izzah in Northern Hama, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

The army's artillery units shelled heavily the Al-Nusra's movements in al-Satahiyat region West of the town of al-Salamiyah and preempted their attack.

The Al-Nusra suffered heavy casualties in the army fire.

In the meantime, the Jeish al-Izzah deployed in al-Latamina stormed the army positions in the village of Zalin in Northern Hama, but failed to prevail over the army strongholds.

Jeish al-Izzah left behind a number of casualties and retreated from the battlefield.