[ALMASDARNEWS] A high ranking jihadist commander from Chechnya was killed by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate on Sunday.According to reports from northern Hama, the Syrian Arab Army killed the deputy emir of Tanzim Ansar al-Tawhid, Khamza al-Shishani, after he and his forces attempted to attack their positions on Sunday morning.
Taking advantage of the poor weather, Tanzim Ansar al-Tawhid launched a heavy assault on the Syrian Arab Army’s positions in northern Hama.
They were initially successful after overrunning the first line of the Syrian Arab Army’s defenses; however, their assault would turn disastrous after the latter launched a counter-attack.