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Syrian Army nearly strikes Turkish military in southern Idlib
2019-09-17
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) launched a powerful attack on the bad boy positions in southern Idlib Monday, targeting several sites near the Ottoman Turkish observation post.

According to a military source in the nearby Hama Governorate, the Syrian Arab Army troops nearly hit a Ottoman Turkish observation post near the town of Ma’ar Hatat.

The source said the Syrian Army was attempting to hit Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
’s positions at Ma’ar Hatat and Ma’ar Zita when one of their artillery shells landed near the Ottoman Turkish observation post in southern Idlib.

This near miss by the Syrian Arab Army marks the second time in five days that their troops almost hit a Ottoman Turkish observation post in northwestern Syria.

Posted by:Fred

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