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Several Syrian soldiers killed by jihadist rebels along Idlib-Hama axis
2019-05-04
[ALMASDARNEWS] Several Syrian Arab Army (SAA) soldiers were killed on Friday when the jihadist rebels carried out two powerful missile strikes on their positions along the Hama-Idlib axis.

According to a report from northwest Syria, the jihadist rebels scored two direct hits on two Syrian Arab Army vehicles that were traveling south of the key town of Qal’at al-Madiq.

The Syrian Arab Army has since responded to these missile strikes by launching a number of Arclight airstrikes over the area between Qal’at al-Madiq and Kafr Nabl.

A source from the Syrian Arab Army told al-Masdar earlier this week that their troops were preparing to launch a wide-scale assault on the jihadist positions along the demilitarized zone.

Since then, the Syrian Arab Army has amassed several units, including the Tiger Forces and Elite Republican Guard, to the Hama-Idlib axis as they prepare to launch their new offensive.

The jihadist rebels have also received a major boost in numbers when the Ottoman Turkish-backed National Liberation Front
...the Turkic paramilitaries intended to replace with their native jihadi ferocity all the highly trained Turkish soldiers Sultan Erdogan I the much beloved has jailed in the last few years for not worshipping the ground he walks upon. The Uighurs and so forth who did not join Al Nusra or ISIS seem to have ended up here...
sent their forces to the front-lines in the Hama Governorate.

This upcoming offensive is expected to be the largest battle of the year, with thousands of combatants on both sides preparing to participate.

Posted by:Fred

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