{"id":104796,"date":"2017-04-22T18:21:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T15:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/?p=104796"},"modified":"2017-05-10T17:23:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T14:23:04","slug":"army-expands-control-in-northern-countryside-of-hama-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=104796","title":{"rendered":"Army expands control in northern countryside of Hama, targets terrorists in other areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Provinces, SANA \u2013 Army and Armed Forces units on Saturday made new advances in its ongoing military operations against Jabhat al-Nusra and terror groups affiliated to it in the northern countryside of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Hama<\/span> province.<\/p>\n<p>SANA&#8217;s correspondent in Hama said that army units, in cooperation with supporting forces, engaged in violent clashes with terrorist groups in al-Nasseriye and al-Mintar hills, killing and injuring many terrorists in the process and establishing control over a strategic point north of Souran near the turnpike leading to the town of Lahaya, in addition to establishing control over the farms of al-Nasseriye town located between the towns of Helfaya and Tibet al-Imam.<\/p>\n<p>The correspondent said that clashes were preceded by targeting terrorists&#8217; positions in the front lines with intensive volleys of rockets, which resulted in destroying several fortified positions and killing large numbers of terrorists, including Shahoud Abu Ali who was a field commander of Ahrar al-Cham Movement terror group.<\/p>\n<p>Army units also carried out intensive special operations targeting terrorists&#8217; supply lines coming from al-Latamneh and Kafr Zeta towards Helfaya town, which resulted in destroying many vehicles, the correspondent went on to say, adding that the army&#8217;s operations expanded control in the northern countryside, securing the town of Qamhana with several defensive lines, and closing in on terrorists located in Helfaya.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the source said that army units destroyed machinegun-equipped armored vehicles for al-Nusra terrorists and killed a number of them in al-Boweidah, Hilfaya, Maerkabbeh, al-Lihaya al-Sharqieh, al-Lihaya al-Gharbieh, and al-Lattamineh in the northern country of Hama.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Deir Ezzor<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Army units destroyed a tunnel for ISIS terrorist organization during the army\u2018s intensive operations against gatherings and movements of the terrorist organization in the surroundings of Deir Ezzor city.<\/p>\n<p>SANA\u2019s reporter in the province said that army units, in cooperation with the supporting forces, targeted ISIS terrorists\u2019 gatherings and fortified points in al-Matar al-Qadim neighborhood, killing 15 terrorists and destroying a 150-meters-long tunnel that was used by the terrorists to transport and store weapons and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Lattakia<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Army units targeted terrorist groups\u2019 movements and fortified positions with concentrated strikes in the northern countryside of Lattakia province, inflicting heavy losses upon them in personnel and weaponry.<\/p>\n<p>A military source told SANA that army units targeted with heavy strikes positions and movements for Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in the surroundings of Kabani, Zahret al-Deghleh, Fulla, al-Yamdiya, al-Hamboushiye, and al-Tufahiye\u00a0in the northern countryside of Lattakia, which resulted in killing most members of a terrorist group and injuring others, in addition to destroying three machinegun nests and six\u00a0vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns.<\/p>\n<p>Hazem Sabbagh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provinces, SANA \u2013 Army and Armed Forces units on Saturday made new advances in its ongoing military operations against Jabhat al-Nusra and terror groups affiliated to it in the northern countryside of Hama province. 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