Units of the Syrian army are fighting with terrorists at a distance of three kilometers from Akerbat. The city itself is under fire control. During the clashes, several Syrian soldiers died as a result of a car bomb exploded with a suicide bomber at the wheel on the highway between Akerbat and Djuruh.
- said in a statement
Earlier it was reported that in the area of the settlement Akerbat on the border of the provinces of Hama and Homs surrounded by a large group of terrorists IG *. The elimination of the Ackerbat boiler will allow troops to focus on the main direction - Deir ez-Zor. At the same time, ISI militants * will be isolated in the province of Idlib, important transport communications between Aleppo and the provinces of Damascus, Lattakia will be released.
Earlier, a number of Arab media reported that UAR government forces had already liberated Akerbat, thus destroying the largest IG * stronghold in Hama from the city of Al-Salamiya, reports RIA News
"Islamic State" * (IG *) * - a terrorist organization banned in Russia