Syrian Army Sends More Military Convoys to North, Northwest to Counter Terrorists

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian Army dispatched convoys of troops and equipment to Aleppo, Idlib and Hama on Wednesday as the government forces are preempting and repelling terrorist attacks from the demilitarized zone on a daily base.

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Date: 12 December 2018 - 13:44

The army forwarded several convoys, including hundreds of fresh soldiers and a large volume of military hardware, to contact lines with the terrorists, deployed in the demilitarized zone in Aleppo, Idlib and Hama provinces.

The terrorists' continued attacks have made the government forces prepare for an imminent operation in the Northern and Northwestern parts of the country.

In the meantime, the army's artillery and missile units pounded terrorists' movements and positions in the towns and villages of al-Latamina, al-Janabarah, Tal Othman, al-Sakhar and al-Zakat in Northern Hama and preempted their attack after inflicting major losses on the militants.

Other units of the army opened heavy artillery attacks on terrorists' movements in the small town of Jarjanaz in Southeastern Idlib and preempted their attack.

The terrorists suffered heavy casualties.

The terrorists' refusal to implement the Sochi Agreement to establish a demilitarized zone 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 last month that Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) 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 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.

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