Syrian jets strike terrorist positions in west-central Hama
(last modified Sat, 01 Oct 2016 14:46:06 GMT )
Oct 01, 2016 14:46 UTC
  • Syrian jets strike terrorist positions in west-central Hama

Syrian fighter jets have reportedly carried out a string of airstrikes against the positions of foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists in the country’s west-central province of Hama.

According to the reports, on Saturday, Syrian military aircraft launched a number of aerial attacks against militant bases in the towns of Maardas and Kafr Zita, which lie in the northern sector of the province and more than 210 kilometers north of the capital, Damascus, killing scores of terrorists and injuring many more.

Four Takfiri terrorists were also killed when they engaged in an exchange of gunfire with government forces on the northern outskirts of the provincial capital city of Hama.

Elsewhere, in the Suleiman al-Halabi and Bustan al-Basha districts of the northwestern city of Aleppo, fierce skirmishes were going on between Syrian army units and foreign-backed terrorists on Saturday.

Additionally, Syrian soldiers managed to establish control over a hilltop overlooking the Handarat refugee camp in northern Aleppo, leaving a large of militants dead and several others injured.

At least 23 Daesh terrorists were also killed when Syrian soldiers retook the Um Aboud hilltop in the southwestern part of Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr.

Moreover, skirmishes were underway between Syrian government forces and Daesh terrorists near the Sha’er gas field, al-Sawwan hill and Huwaisis Village in the eastern part of the western province of Homs.

Syrian jets also bombarded militant positions in the Khan Sheikh district, the town of Deir Khaibah and the Zakiyah region in the western suburbs of Damascus, killing 17 Takfiri terrorists and injuring several others.

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