Terrorists Attack Syrian Army Positions in Hama to Lessen Gov't Troops' Pressures in Eastern Ghouta

TEHRAN (defapress)- A sum of eight terrorist groups started a large-scale attack on the Syrian government forces' positions in Northern Hama in order to deflate pressure on their comrades in Eastern Ghouta.

News ID: 69197

Date: 14 March 2018 - 16:34

Websites close to the militant groups reported that the terrorists of eight terrorist groups, including Jeish al-Ezzeh, Jeish al-Ahrar, Jeish al-Thani, Jeish al-Nokhbeh, Jebhat al-Enqaz, Regiment 111, Infantry 1st Division and Syria Tahrir Front (Jbhat al-Tahrir Souriya) have launched a large-scale military assault against the Syrian army in Northern Hama.

The websites noted that the militants' attack is aimed at reducing pressures on the terrorist front in Eastern Damascus.

In a relevant development on Wednesday, the Syrian army carried out mop-up operations in newly-liberated areas of Eastern Ghouta and found several workshops used by the terrorists for making chemical weapons and ammunition in the region.

The army units seized a workshop of chemical and poisonous substances, including chlorine during their cleaning operations in al-Sheyfouniyeh town in Eastern Ghouta.

Meanwhile, the Syrian army troops also seized workshops for making chemicals, rockets, mortars and bombs.

Also on Monday, the Syrian Army troops found a workshop used by the terrorists for making chemical weapons.

The Arabic-language website of Sputnik quoted Syrian Army Colonel Feras Ibrahim as saying that the army men seized a workshop that was used by the terrorists to build chemical weapons near the small town of Aftaris.

He further told Sputnik that the seized chemicals would likely be used to launch a false-flag chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta to later accuse the army of the attack.

Earlier reports said that the army troops continued their attacks on terrorists' positions after hours of a daily ceasefire ended in Eastern Ghouta on Sunday afternoon and laid siege on the town of Douma, the most important bastion of the terrorists in region.

The army men started attacking terrorists' defense liens from the newly-feed Modira region and advanced in Harasta.

The government troops, then, seized control over a number of buildings near the Vehicles Management Center, the farms near Modira and near the town of Harasta.

The advancing army soldiers met each other in a region between Harasta and Modira and laid siege on the strategic town of Douma, the main and the largest base of terrorists in Eastern Ghouta.

Field sources said that the terrorist-held regions in Eastern Ghouta have now been split up into the three parts of Harasta, Douma and the Southern regions.