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Al Nusra defenses collapse as Syrian Army troops capture several SE Idlib towns, general drops in, jacket wallah gets 19 troops

2019-12-23

[ALMASDARNEWS] The jihadist rebels in southeastern Idlib suffered several setbacks on Saturday after the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies pushed through their defenses to advance further north towards Ma’arat al-Nu’man.

Led by the 5th Corps and 25th Special Mission Forces Division, the Syrian Arab Army managed to capture another seven villages and towns from the jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else

Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else

...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS) and the ~~Ottoman~~ Turkish-backed 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 beloved has 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...
(NLF).

According to a military source near the front-lines, the Syrian Arab Army captured on Saturday the towns and villages of al-Bustan, al-Sayyadeh, al-Qatrah, Tal Dam, Sarjah Gharbiyah, Harran, and Mudaysirat.

Prominent Syrian Army commander makes appearance in southeast Idlib

[ALMASDARNEWS] The prominent commander of the 25th Special Mission Forces Division (formerly Tiger Forces), Major General Suheil al-Hassan, made an appearance in southeastern Idlib on Sunday.

General al-Hassan was seen taking off in a military helicopter as he observes the ongoing Syrian Arab Army offensive in the southeastern countryside of the Idlib Governorate.

It is not a surprise to see the military commander near the battlefield, as he has been known to make appearances at the front-lines during offensives.

Jihadist suicide attack kills 6 Syrian soldiers in southeast Idlib

[ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian Army announced the death of six Syrian soldiers and the hospitalization of 13 others in a suicide attack in Idlib governorate, northern Syria.

The head of the Russian Reconciliation Center, Major-General Yuri Borenkov, said that the Syrian Army forces repelled an attack by gunmen from the Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham terrorist group; however, during this assault, the jihadist forces managed to carry out a suicide bombing.

Borenkov added that the militants ’attack was stopped by artillery fire from the Syrian Armed Forces, which resulted in heavy losses for the attackers.

Borenkov stressed that the Russian Center for Reconciliation calls on the leaders of illegal armed groups to abandon armed provocations and initiate a peaceful settlement of the situation in the areas under their control.

Syrian Army makes big advance in southeast #Idlib
[TWITTER]

Syrian Army makes big advance in southeast #Idlib https://t.co/DDyzfg926K #Syria
— Al-Masdar News (@TheArabSource) December 22, 2019

Posted by:Fred

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