Over 40 terrorists were killed and many more wounded in fierce clashes with the Syrian army in Kawkab town in north of Hama.

Meantime, other army units also thwarted an attack by terrorists on the village of Jubain, killing over 65 militants.

At least three military bases, four vehicles and seven machinegun-equipped military vehicles of the terrorist groups were destroyed in Maadres, Souran, Halfaya, al Tamaneh and Northern part of Maan as well as Bazam hilltop and Nahr al-Assi.

The Syrian air force heavily pounded the gathering centers and fortifications of Jeish al Fatah terrorist group in the Northern part of Hama province, inflicting heavy losses on them.

Also the Syrian army sent a large number of fresh forces to strategic countryside of the town of Qamhana regions in the Northern part of Hama province on Wednesday.

Also, the Syrian army and popular forces repelled an attempt by terrorists to attack the two towns of Maan and Kefraa in the Northern Hama, inflicting heavy losses on them in immediate counterattacks.

Three tanks, a BMP vehicle and four machine-gunned vehicle were also destroyed in the Syrian army counterattack in Northern Hama.

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