However,
a clean conscience makes a soft pillow...
this advance by the jihadists of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
and the According to a military source in the Hama Governorate, the jihadists and their
"A glorious victory, King Pyrrhus!"
The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) admitted greater losses for the jihadist rebels. The SOHR claimed that over 215
The reason for the high corpse count for the bully boy groups was likely due to their style of attack during the battle. Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham would send wave after wave of fighters towards the Syrian Army’s defenses in a bid to overwhelm their forces. Eventually, they were able to break the Syrian Army’s lines, but not before losing many fighters in the process.
The Syrian Army also suffered heavy casualties during the attack, but their losses in comparison are half of what was reported for the jihadist groups. Most of the Syrian Army’s losses came during Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s first assault on Kafr Naboudeh. While they managed to repel the first attack, their defenses had already been fractured by the jihadists; this resulted in the fall of Kafr Naboudeh later in the day.