Syria Army Inflicts Losses on Terrorists in Hama
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Syrian forces expanded operations against al-Nusra Front terrorists and targeted their hideouts with mortar rounds after they attacked the army’s posts in the northern countryside of Hama.
Syrian forces carried out artillery strikes against fortifications and supply routes of al-Nusra Front terrorists in the areas of Tal al-Sakhir and Kafar Zeita near borders of Idlib, SANA reported.
A number of the militants were killed during the counterattack.
The areas where the clashes broke out are located in a planned buffer zone, which surrounds Idlib and also parts of the adjacent provinces of Aleppo and Hama.
Under a deal reached following a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in September, all militants should have withdrawn from the demilitarization zone by October 15.
However, al-Qaeda-linked Takfiri terrorists said they refuse to either leave the buffer zone or hand over their weapons.
