Syria in Last 24 Hours: Army Forwards More Troops to Northern Lattakia for Idlib Operation
A convoy of military vehicles carrying fresh forces and a large volume equipment have been dispatched by the army from Southern Syria to Northern Lattakia.
The army is preparing to capture al-Ghaab Plain and Jabal al-Akrad in a region between Northeastern Lattakia and Western Idlib as government troops are completing anti-terrorism operation in Dara’a and Quneitra.
Meantime, the Syrian army continued its military advances in other parts of Syria over past 24 hours.
Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured during the Syrian army’s operations in provinces across Syria.
Lattakia
The Syrian Army sent a long convoy of fresh forces and equipment to Northern Lattakia on Sunday to kick off an imminent operation against Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at in Idlib.
A long convoy of military vehicles carrying fresh forces and a large volume equipment has been dispatched by the army from Southern Syria to Northern Lattakia.
The army is preparing to capture al-Ghaab Plain and Jabal al-Akrad in a region between Northeastern Lattakia and Western Idlib as government troops are completing anti-terrorism operation in Dara’a and Quneitra.
Over 35,000 fighters of Tahrir al-Sham, including Uzbek, Chechen, Uyghur and non-Syrian Arabs gunmen, are in Idlib province.
Dara’a
Hundreds of ISIL terrorists have been killed or wounded in a Syrian Army offensive in Hawz Yarmouk in Southwestern Dara’a in the last ten days, local sources reported on Sunday.
The sources said that more than 230 ISIL terrorists have been killed and hundreds more wounded in the army’s massive operation in Hawz Yarmouk region in Southwestern Dara’a that started ten days ago.
The sources further said that the army men have now fortified their newly-captured positions in the region, repelling several heavy attacks of the ISIL.
They went on to say that less than 10 villages and small towns are still under ISIL’s control in Hawz Yarmouk.
Meantime, the Syrian Army discovered a large volume of American arms and ammunition over past 24 hours.
The army men continued their advances towards the small but key town of al-Shajarah in Hawz Yarmouk that is the most important base of the ISIL in region.
The army men discovered a large volume of landmines, bombs and the US-made TOW anti-tank missiles in al-Shajarah.
Local sources, meantime, reported that the ISIL has been trapped in the towns of al-Shajarah, Ma’aryah, Beit Ara and Abedeen as the army soldiers are advancing from different directions towards the terrorists’ bases.
Idlib
Five main terrorist groups started a new coalition with almost 75,000 gunmen in Idlib to counter a massive operation of the Syrian Army in coming weeks.
Al-Quds al-Arabi daily quoted militant-affiliated sources in Northern Syria as reporting that Syria’s Liberation Front, Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at, National Liberation Front, Jeish al-Islam and Idlib Free Army have formed a new coalition known as Jeish al-Fatah in Idlib province.
The daily further said that the newly-formed Jeish al-Fatah has almost 75,000 gunmen, adding that the terrorist groups’ move is aimed at confronting the Syrian Army’s large-scale imminent operation in Southern and Western Aleppo, Western Idlib and Northern and Northeastern Lattakia.
The paper went on to say that the Syrian government forces that are on the verge of completing their operation in Dara’a and Quneitra will soon kick off Idlib operation to drive terrorists out of the Northwestern part of the war-hit country.
Aleppo
The Turkish Army has deployed more troops near the strategic town of Manbij in Northeastern Aleppo, a media outlet reported on Sunday.
The Arabic-language al-Manar TV reported that the Turkish army deployed several military vehicles in the village of al-Jatal Northwest of Manbij to reinvigorate its forces in Northeastern Aleppo.
