The Syrian army and popular forces engaged in fierce clashes with Jeish al-Fatah terrorists in the Southwestern regions of Hama province, killing dozens of militants.
The army troops and the National Defense Forces stormed the terrorists' defense lines near the town of Hirbnafsa and village of Um Towaini, Southwest of Hama, which left many militants dead or wounded and destroyed their military hardware.
In the Air, Syrian strikers heavily pounded terrorists' positions and their gatherings North of Hama province, sources on the ground said on Thursday.
The sources said scores of militants were taken out in the surgical air assaults on the towns of Kafr Zita and Letamenah and the village of al-Zaka in the Central province of Hama, adding that the terrorists' military grid and harware sustain crippling damage in the air raids.
The airstrikes were conducted as a follow up to the air raids in recent days across the Central province, causing huge damage on the militants' hardware in the region.
Meantime, army units, backed by popular forces, carried out a rather large-scale operation outside the Hirbnafsa town, making more advances in the Southwestern regions of Hama.
On Wednesday, Members of Jeish al-Fatah terrorist group were perplexed by the Syrian army's air and ground assaults against their positions in different parts of Hama province on Thursday.
Army units carried out intensive operations against the gatherings of 'Jeish al-Fatah' in al-Sarmaniya, al-Karkor, al-Latamina, al-Habit in the countryside of Hama.
Also the terrorists’ vehicles, sites and fortified positions were destroyed during the operations and many terrorists were killed, field sources said on Thursday.
In addition to the ground operations, the Syrian air force also carried out strikes against the hideouts and gatherings of 'Jeish al-Fatah' terrorists in Kafar Zita city and Kafar Naboda town to the Northwest of Hama city, FNA reported.
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