Al-Nusra terrorists take control of ISIS position during the clashes in Hama

Al-Nusra terrorists take control of ISIS position during the clashes in Hama

The Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at or the Levant Liberation Board) gained control of another ISIS-controlled area during clashes in Hama province, also killing a number of ISIS militants in Idlib.

Sources affiliated to the terrorists reported on Thursday that al-Nusra terrorists attacked ISIL positions in Northeastern Hama, winning control of Talat Hajileh region.

Also, in Idlib province, the al-Nusra launched an offensive on an ISIL base in the town of al-Nayrab, 10km away from Idlib city, killing a number of terrorists.

In response, the ISIL terrorists detonated two suicide bombs in the region during the clashes.

A military source confirmed on Wednesday that the Syrian Army forces drove Al-Nusra Front out of vast regions in Northern Hama and managed to restore security to a long chunk of the road connecting the town of Ithriya in Hama to the town of Khanasser in Aleppo.

The source said that the army men operating in Northern Hama stormed the Al-Nusra positions in an area stretching for about 30 km Northward along the road to Aleppo, and prevailed over the terrorists.

The source further said that the army men captured a vast region North of the towns of Ithriya and Sheikh Hilal.

The army units continued their operation to liberate the regions near the town of al-Rahjan to restore security to the key road of Hama-Aleppo, the source said, adding that the army captured several regions and villages in Northern Hama and restored security to the road connecting East of al-Sa’an to Ithriya in an area 15 km in depth.

The source also mentioned that 100 terrorists have been killed and a large number of vehicles and a large volume military equipment of Al-Nusra have been destroyed in the attack.

Source: Farsnews