Syria in Last 24 Hours: Kurdish Fighters Win Back Highly Strategic City, Villages, Hilltop in Aleppo Province

Syria in Last 24 Hours: Kurdish Fighters Win Back Highly Strategic City, Villages, Hilltop in Aleppo Province

 

The popular fighters won back Tal Rifat strategic city in the Northern part of Aleppo province.

Scores of terrorists were killed and injured as the army was purging them from the newly captured areas in Aleppo province.

The Syrian army, popular forces and resistance forces also continued their military gains in other key provinces across Syria, inflicting heavy losses on them.

Aleppo

The Syrian Kurdish fighters, known as the People’s Protection Units (YPG), continued to advance against the militant groups in the Northern part of Aleppo near the newly-liberated city of Tal Rifat and won back five more villages after killing a top militant commander in the strategic overnight.

"The Kurdish fighters drove the militant groups back from their positions in the villages of Ahras, Ein Daqnah, Sheikh Halal, Masqan, Sawama'a Jabraein and Kafar Naya after pushing the terrorists back from Tel Rifat in Northern Aleppo province last night," sources said.

"Hakim Hadbah Abu Ali, one of the senior commanders of Jeish al-Fatah terrorist group in the Northern battlefields of Aleppo, was killed in the battle with the Kurdish fighters in Tal Rifat," the sources added.

"The militant groups left behind scores of dead and wounded members and fled the battlefront to evade more casualties," they went on to say.

"In the meantime, the Syrian army and its allies seized back a key village in the Eastern part of Aleppo province," the sources said.

On Monday night, the YPG, who have recently bonded with the government, prevailed over the terrorists in the highly strategic city of Tal Rifat in Northern Aleppo and captured the city.

The YPG, who enjoyed the Russian air backup, prevailed the terrorists' positions from the Western direction and shook hand with other Kurdish troops who entered the town from the North.

The YPG Kurds have recently bonded with the Damascus government. The Syrian army sent several arms cargoes to the YPG troops in the Northeastern province of Hasaka and trained the first group of Kurdish volunteer forces in the provincial capital city of Hasaka last week.

Meantime, the Syrian army continued its advances in Eastern Aleppo by seizing back two strategic villages and their surrounding areas in fierce clashes with the militants.

The army units took full control of al-Tayyeba village and its surrounding farms.

The Syrian army also won back Abu Zaneh village, Abu Zaneh hilltop and the surrounding farms which are only 300 meters from the thermal power plant.

Taking back al-Tayyeba and Abu Zaneh villages which are very close to Aleppo thermal power plant will pave the way for taking it back from the militants.

Lattakia

The Syrian Army's artillery units targeted the militant groups' positions in the Northern part of the coastal province of Lattakia, inflicting major casualties on the terrorists.

The militant groups' concentration centers near the small towns of Kinsibba in Lattakia and Bidama in Idlib provinces came under the missive shelling of the Syrian army's artillery units, which claimed the lives of many militants.

The Syrian air force pounded and destroyed the terrorists' military positions and hardware in Lattakia province.

The militants' positions were razed down by the Syrian army in Kinsibba town, Ein al-Quntra town, al-Sheikh Youssef region and Ruweisat al-Moqanas area in the Northern part of Lattakia province.

Idlib

The Syrian army's artillery units hit the terrorists' military positions in Idlib province on Monday.

The militants' gathering centers in Jisr al-Shoughor city in Idlib countryside were hit hard by the army and the terrorists sustained heavy casualties and losses.

Meantime, the Syrian air force struck the militants' military positions and fortifications in Ma'askar al-Hamidiyah in Southern al-Hamidiyah region, Maarat al-Nu'aman, surrounding areas of al-Rakaya, Kafr Sijneh and the surrounding regions of Ma'arzita village in the Southern part of Idlib province.

Dara'a

The Syrian Army troops hit the militants' centers hard across the neighborhoods of Dara'a city and near a town in the Eastern part of province, destroying the terrorists' military grid in large scale.

The Syrian soldiers attacked al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front's positions near the town of Busra al-Sham in the Eastern part of the province, killed at least 10 militants and destroyed their weapons and vehicles.

In the meantime, the army men engaged in fierce clashes with the militant groups in al-Karak, al-Abbasiyeh, Busra square and al-Nazehin camp in Dara'a city, which claimed the lives of several militants.

Hama

The Syrian fighter jets, in a fresh round of combat sorties on Monday, targeted the concentration centers of ISIL and Jeish al-Fatah militant groups in the Eastern and Northern parts of Hama province respectively, inflicting a heavy death toll on the terrorists.

The ISIL strongholds near the village of Rahjan in the Eastern part of Hama came under the missive strikes of the Syrian air fleet, leaving tens of the terrorists dead or wounded.

In the meantime, the Syrian army's aircraft pounded the gathering centers of Jeish al-Fatah around the towns of Kafr Nabouda and al-Lataminah in the Northern territories of Hama province, which ended in the killing and wounding of many militants.

Deir Ezzur

The Russian fighter jets continued pounding the ISIL's positions across Deir Ezzur province in Eastern Syria, killing a large number of militants, including its trophy emir.

Ramazan al-Jabarra, ISIL's trophy emir, was killed in the Russian airstrikes on the ISIL's headquarters in Deir Ezzur province.

Meantime, the Syrian army conducted fresh military operations against the terrorist groups in the Western and Northern parts of Deir Ezzur province, and destroyed the militants' positions and their military hardware.

The ISIL's gathering centers were destroyed in the army's operations near the water station of Mhimideh town and Safira Tahtani village.

The Syrian army also targeted the terrorists' military positions in al-Bukamal town to the Southeast of Deir Ezzur city.

The ISIL's machineguns were destroyed in al-Kitf area and two military vehicles equipped with machineguns and ammunition depot were also eliminated in the army's operations.

The Syrian air force also destroyed the military hardware of the militants in al-Mura'yeh and Baqaliyeh villages located to the West of Deir Ezzur military airport.

The Syrian army destroyed the military positions of the ISIL terrorist group in Deir Ezzur province, killing tens of terrorists, including senior commanders, in heavy clashes.

At least 71 militants were killed and 81 others were injured in the Syrian army's attacks in al-Hamidiyeh, al-Aradi and al-Roshdiyeh neighborhoods of Deir Ezzur city on Monday.

An ISIL commander with Libyan nationality nicknamed Abu Islam al-Baghdadi and five of his deputies were among the terrorists killed in al-Hamidiyeh neighborhood. 

On Sunday, the Syrian army stormed the ISIL gatherings in al-Roshdiyeh, al-Hwaiqa, al-Hamidiyeh, the old airport, al-Ma'amel roundabout and al-Rafasa, which ended in the killing or wounding of several militants.

The ISIL positions near the village of al-Mura'yeh in the Eastern part of the province came under the offensive of the Syrian army.

The ISIL terrorists' weapons and ammunition were badly damaged in the attack.