Syrian Army Repels Fresh Attacks by Terrorists Deployed in Demilitarized Zone in Hama, Idlib

TEHRAN (defapress)- The terrorist groups, deployed in the demilitarized zone in Southern Idlib and Northern Hama provinces, tried again to prevail over the Syrian Army troops' strongholds on Wednesday but failed under heavy fire of the government forces.

News ID: 73862

Date: 21 November 2018 - 15:19

Kata'eb al-Izzah terrorists, deployed in the demilitarized zone in Northern Hama, attacked several points of the army near the small town of al-Jisat, but failed to advance after the army's artillery and missile units targeted them.

The terrorists suffered heavy casualties and pulled the remaining pockets of gunmen back.

In the meantime, other army units engaged in heavy fighting with Ajnad al-Qoqaz along a road between al-Khowein and Zarzour regions in Southeastern Idlib and repelled their attack after inflicting major losses on them.

The army's artillery units, meantime, shelled the supply lines of the terrorists in the region and destroyed their vehicle and military hardware.

The move by the terrorists is pushing the army to initiate its long-waited assault on militants in Idlib that had been put on hold due to the Sochi Agreement.

Colonel Mar'ei Hamdan, a Syrian military expert, was quoted by the Arabic-language website of Sputnik news agency as saying earlier this month that Tahrir al-Sham is in control of nearly 70% of towns and villages in Idlib province and makes provocative moves against the Syrian army, adding that the army's commitment to decrease tensions is not lasting forever.

He added that the Syrian army has so far repelled all attacks by terrorists against its positions and inflicted heavy damages on them, noting that the army is now necessitated to come out of the defensive mood to retake control of Idlib.

Hamdan said that Tahrir al-Sham will resort to a full-scale military operation against the Syrian and Russian armies soon, after rejecting the Sochi agreement last October, which leaves no room for ceasefire or disarmament anymore, and underlined that the Syrian army's battle against Tahrir al-Sham is inevitable.

Meantime, the Turkey-backed Ahrar al-Sham and National Liberation Front (NLF) terrorist groups has also dismissed the Russian-Turkish Sochi agreement and is preparing for military operations against the army in Northern Syria, calling for a coalition with Tahrir al-Sham.

Tahrir al-Sham and other allied terrorist groups have not left the demilitarized zone two months after the Sochi agreement and have instead reinvigorated their strongholds and targeted the army positions every day.

Relevant reports said last week that the Turkey-backed NLF had put its gunmen on alert to launch a heavy offensive against the Syrian army in the demilitarized zone in Idlib province.

The Arabic-language al-Watan reported that the Turkey-backed NLF had kept its fighters in and outside the demilitarized zone, envisioned in the Sochi Agreement, on alert for imminent war against the army.

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