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Northern Hama: Syrian helicopters pound, big turban toes up, turban missiles hit airport, Hama city
2018-09-11


VIDEO: Syrian helicopters pound militants in northern Hama

[AlMasdar] (3:10 P.M.) – Rebel positions and gatherings in northern Hama came under heavy bombardment by the Syrian air force as part of a full-scale offensive on northern Syria.

More than 50 airstrikes rocked the towns of Lataminah, Zakat and Kafr Zita where the FSA-affiliated Jaish Izza is basically located.

The heavy aerial bombardment comes to pave the way for the government troops to break through the insurgent-held areas.

Senior jihadi commander killed by Syrian Army in Hama

[AlMasdar] (3:35 P.M.) – A top military commander of Ahrar al-Sham
...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014...
group was killed by Syrian Army fire in northern Hama countryside as the government forces prepare for massive assault.

Abu Walid Karnaz was killed along with three of his companions when their vehicle was hit by an artillery shell fired by the Syrian forces on the outskirts of Kurkat town in far north-west Hama countryside.

The notorious jihadists was behind the recent bloody rocket attack that hit Al-Suqaylabiyah city.

The Syrian Army was capably of pinpointing his exact location with help of the Russian surveillance drones.

Jihadist rebels strike Hama Airport with grad missiles

[AlMasdar] (8:25 P.M.) – The jihadist rebels in the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate launched a powerful assault on the military airport this evening.

According to a military source in the Hama Governorate, the jihadist rebels fired several grad missiles towards the military airport in response to the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) ongoing attack on their installations along the Idlib provincial border.

The jihadist rebels would follow up this strike by targeting the Syrian Arab Army’s positions at the towns of Ma’an and Arzeh; this would result in a number of explosions that could be heard from as far as Hama city.

The Syrian Arab Army is now heavily targeting the jihadist rebel trenches near the towns of Al-Lataminah and Kafr Zita.

Jihadist rebels strike Hama city for first time this year

[AlMasdar] (9:30 P.M.) – For the first time this year, the jihadist rebels have struck the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate from their positions at the Idlib axis.

According to a military source in the Hama Governorate, the jihadist rebels fired an artillery shell towards the Sharia District, hitting a residential neighborhood in the process.

No one was harmed by the attack, the source added.

The Syrian Arab Army has since responded with a barrage of missiles and artillery shells on the jihadist positions in the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate.
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