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According to a Syrian Arab Army (SAA) field report, their troops have killed over 150 fighters from Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
, the 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 belovedhas 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...
, and Jaish al-Izza.
Among the 150 hard boyz killed in northwestern Hama were three commanders from Jaish al-Izza. The commanders were identified by the group as the former Syrian National Team goalkeeper Abdel-Bassit Sarout, Yasser al-Hilal, and Mohammad Khaled al-Sabbagh.
While Jaish al-Izza has suffered a tremendous blow to their military command, it is Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham that has lost the most combatants since Thursday’s offensive.
A source from the Syrian military said more than half the krazed killer casualties were members of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham; this includes a large number of foreign combatants as well.
In regards to the Syrian Arab Army’s casualties, they too have suffered a large number of losses in their ranks. The Syrian Army has lost at least 50 soldiers in the last 72 hours, with most of their casualties coming during the first hours of the jihadist offensive.
The battle in northwestern Hama is still ongoing at this time, as both warring parties trade offensives to regain territories they have lost in the last 72 hours.
Russian airstrikes hammer jihadist lines in NW Hama as Syrian Army attempts to advance
[AlMasdar] For the second time in the last 24 hours, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has launched a counter-offensive to reclaim the territory they lost in the northwestern countryside of Hama.
Backed by heavy Russian airstrikes, the Syrian Army began their assault by storming the large hilltop of Tal Malah. This attack resulted in a series of intense clashes that are still ongoing at this time.
According to a military source in the town of Mhardeh, the Syrian and Russian air forces are peppering the militant-held towns of Al-Latamneh, Kafr Zita, Zakat, and Jibeen in an attempt to weaken their resolve against the Syrian Arab Army.
While the Syrian Army Army was able to retake Kafr Houd on Friday morning, they failed to hold onto Tal Malah after launching a heavy assault on Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham’s defenses.
At the same time, the Syrian Army is attempting to fend off a jihadist assault on the key town of Kernaz in northwestern Hama. On Friday, the jihadist rebels launched an assault on this town, hitting the Syrian Army’s defenses with a VBIED during the first hours of the attack.
The Syrian military was able to forestall the jihadist advance at Kernaz, killing and wounding dozens of militants during the battle.
Syrian Army killed 120 militants during HTS offensive in NW Hama: Russia
[AlMasdar] Militants from the *Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
terror group launched an offensive late on Thursday. At least 500 holy warriors with the support of armored vehicles and tanks, attacked Syrian army positions near the towns of Jabin and Tal Melh, according to Maj. Gen. Viktor Kupchishin, commander of the Russian center for Syrian reconciliation."While repelling the attack, Syrian government forces killed over 120 holy warriors and destroyed five tanks, three IFV, nine off-road vehicles, a multiple-launch rocket system and two mortars", Kupchishin said at a daily briefing.
The Russian general also said that on 7 June armed opposition groups from the Idlib de-escalation zone launched attacks on the positions of government forces near the towns of Karnaz and Hamamiyat in Hama province.
According to Kupchishin, about 80 faceless myrmidons and seven pickup trucks participated in the attack on Karnaz. About 60 faceless myrmidons took part in the attack on Hamamiyat with the support of two tanks, an IFV and a pickup truck.
"While repelling the attacks by armed opposition groups, the Syrian Arab Republic armed forces destroyed more than 20 holy warriors, a tank and two pickup trucks", he concluded.
In early May, holy warriors increased the frequency of attacks on the Syrian provinces of Hama, Aleppo, and Latakia. They also attempted attacks on Syrian army positions in the region. Government forces have responded by attacking terrorist formations in Idlib province. Syrian forces are targeting Nusra Front terrorist group depots, artillery positions, and observation posts.
Northwestern Idlib is reportedly still home to around 30,000 button men, including foreign mercenaries, and faceless myrmidons of the Nusra Front terror group.
The Idlib province is one of four designated de-escalation zones in the Syrian civil war in which government forces led by Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Horror of Homs...
and the opposition, including terrorist organizations, have been fighting since 2011. Russia,
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor....
, and Iran act as the guarantors of the ceasefire in these zones.
Despite a countrywide ceasefire regime being established, violations by illegal armed formations in the Idlib de-escalation zone still occur.
Former Syrian National Team member turned rebel commander reportedly dead after Hama battle
[AlMasdar] The former goalkeeper for the Syrian National Team, ’Abdel-Bassit Sarout, reportedly succumbed to his wounds on Saturday after the fierce battle that took place in northwestern Hama earlier in the week.
According to opposition activists via social media, Sarout was badly maimed during the joint Jaish al-Izza/Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
offensive in northwestern Hama.At first, many pro-opposition activists reported that the Jaish al-Izza
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Sarout was a primary fixture in the early anti-government demonstrations in Syria, as the former goalkeeper would attend several protests in his home city of Homs.
Not long after the armed conflict broke out in Syria, Sarout joined the Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
during the battle of Homs.
Later, it was reported that Sarout had joined the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS/ISIS/IS/ISIS), but there was no definitive proof to corroborate the claims.
Prior to his death, Sarout was the commander of the powerful FSA faction, Jaish al-Izza; this rebel group was at the forefront of every battle against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in northern Hama.