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| Syrian Army launches heavy attack on jihadist strongholds in southern Idlib |
| 2018-09-18 |
| [AlMasdar] (1:45 P.M.) – Minutes ago, the Syrian Arab Army launched a powerful assault on the jihadist strongholds in the southern countryside of the Idlib Governorate. According to a military source in nearby Hama, the Syrian Army launched a large number of missiles and artillery shells towards the jihadist trenches are the towns of Umm Khalkheel and Khuwayn. In addition to the attacks on the aforementioned jihadist trenches, the Syrian Army also targeted the militant positions around the provincial border towns of Sukeek and Taman’ah. The Syrian Arab Army is now raining missiles on Jaysh Al-Izza’s positions in the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate. With the Russian and Turkish leaders meeting in Sochi to discuss the fate of Idlib, the Syrian Arab Army has been limited to missile and artillery strikes inside the province. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 The SAA has Syrians, but Lebanese and Palestinian troops as well. Likely a contributor to slow progress. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-09-18 15:08 |
| #1 it is not a 'heavy attack' if you are just doing missiles and artillery I don't know how many loyal and high quality ground troops Assad still has but I doubt he can afford to lose a lot of them in an actual 'heavy attack' on Idlib. That may be the reason for the slow motion of this offensive. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2018-09-18 12:36 |