Syrian Army Pounds, Destroys Foreign Terrorists in Hama, Idlib

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Syrian Army targeted and destroyed several military positions of the foreign militants in Hama and Idlib provinces, as it warded off fresh attacks by terrorists on government troops from the demilitarized zone.

News ID: 75078

Date: 19 January 2019 - 15:02

The Syrian Army's artillery and missile units stationed in Northern Hama heavily pounded the military positions of the Turkistani Islamic Party terrorist group near the villages of Badama and al-Najieh, West of Jisrt al-Shoghour in Western Idlib, destroying several of their positions and military equipment.

The Syrian Army's artillery units also targeted a group of terrorists who intended to penetrate into the Syrian Army's military positions from the town of Atshan in Northern Hama, killing all members of the terrorist group, including its foreign members.

The Syrian Army's artillery and missile units in the town of al-Hamamiat in Mahradeh region in Northern Hama targeted a group of terrorists who planned a raid on Syrian Army's military positions near Tal al-Sakhar village, killing and injuring a number of them.

Meantime, a large number of terrorists were killed in the Syrian Army's artillery and missile units' attacks near the towns of Mourek, Tal Bazam, al-Latamanieh in Northern Hama. The terrorists' weaponry and military equipment were also destroyed in the Syrian Army attacks.

In a relevant development on Friday, Syrian Army warded off terrorists' attacks from the demilitarized zone in Northern Hama as army's military convoys were dispatched to the same region for an imminent assault.

Battlefield sources in Northern Syria said that the Syrian Army sent a military convoy comprising tens of Syrian Army troops along with heavy weaponry and military hardware to Northwestern Hama and Southern Idlib.

Pointing to the dispatch of large numbers of special forces of the Syrian Army (Tiger Forces) and military equipment to Saqilieh region in Northwestern Hama, battlefield sources said the Syrian Army is preparing for imminent military operations against the terrorist groups.

Other units of the Syrian Army pounded the movements and positions of the Kataeb al-Izza terrorists' attacks from Kafar Zita region in Northern Hama in response the militants assaults, destroying several of their military positions and killing a number of them.

Meantime, other Syrian Army artillery and missile units targeted terrorists' movements from the surrounding areas of the town of Ma'arkabeh in Northern Hama towards the Syrian Army's military positions and warded off their attacks.

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