Situation in Syria
During the day, battles were fought between the Syrian Arab Army (AAA) and the IG faction (banned in the Russian Federation) on the territory of the Kalamoun massif. The CAA took control of several heights. Earlier it became known that about 45 square kilometers of the territory of West Kalamun were freed from the IG.
Opposition formations are firing at CAA positions in the Kinsabb area in Latakia, the army suffers significant losses. Accurate loss data has not yet been reported. It is worth noting that a number of areas of the province of Latakia are included in the de-escalation zone. However, militants of opposition groups systematically violate the truce by bombarding the location of the Syrian army.
The CAA also fights with militants of the radical opposition in the province of Aleppo. On the highway Aleppo - Hanaser, the forces of the government army have established new checkpoints.
The Russian Aerospace Forces and the Syrian Air Force continue to strike at IS deployment zones in the province of Deir ez-Zor. The allies strike at terrorist positions in the areas of the settlements of Ayash, Al-Masrab, Al-Khawaj and Al Shumeyta. Earlier, the combined forces of the SAR Air Force and the Russian Air Force conducted several more sorties. As a result of actions aviation Allies were liquidated transport convoy of the IG, which followed with weapons and ammunition to the provincial capital. An underground tunnel and an IG ammunition depot near the Ayayish and Liva At-Tamin districts were also destroyed.
An international coalition air force struck the city of Al-Mayadin in the southeast of Deir ez-Zor province. As a result, a new air attack killed seven civilians. The coalition also struck several blows at the city of Al-Busira in the east of Deir ez-Zor.
Almanar News agency reported that the militants of the IG had taken into custody for further recruitment into the ranks of the 200 organization of men aged from 20 to 30 years living in the province of Deir ez-Zor. Forced mobilization of the population of the province continues.
In the administrative center of the province of Rakka, fierce battles take place between the Kurdish Popular Defense Detachments (YPG) and terrorists, and clashes take place near the mayor’s office, which is almost completely destroyed by air strikes. IG snipers killed eight fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on the eastern and western fronts of the city of Rakka. Aviation of the Western coalition strikes at the national hospital in Rakka.
In the east of the province of RAAKKA at this time, the position of the CAA in the village of Ghanim Al Ali was attacked by a suicide bomber. As a result of the incident, 57 soldiers of the UAR army were killed. It later became known that the militants regained control of the villages of Al Atshan, Al Mikla, Salim Al Hamad, Al Buhamd and Al Huvezha, previously beaten off by their government forces.
In addition, the Syrian army was attacked by militants on two fronts of the province of Hama. First of all, the SAR army met with fierce resistance during the attack on Akerbat. Local sources report that the militants attacked the CAA on the Khasasser section of the road, in the vicinity of the checkpoint Sheikh Hilal and the city of Al-Saan. Militants are also firing artillery shells at CAA positions in the Al-Zara district in the south of the province. The goal of radical Islamists is to break through the gaps in the Akerbat encirclement to further break the blockade. In the area of the settlement of Scalbius, under the missile strikes of the militants of the radical opposition, the ammunition depot of the National Defense Forces (NDF) exploded. There is information about the dead and wounded.
- AP / EAST NEWS
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