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Senior Militant Commander Killed in Clashes with Syrian Army in Lattakia
Abdulaziz al-Dibaikhi, also known as Abu Hamza, was killed a in battle with the Syrian army troops in Kurds mountain.
Al-Dibaikhi was a senior member of in al-Qaeda before the Syrian Conflict.
He reportedly participated in both the Iraqi and Afghan wars.
The Syrian government forces have had eye-catching victories in Lattakia in the recent weeks.
Earlier reports said that the Syrian army in
cooperation with popular forces won back more villages and heights in
the Northern parts of the coastal province of Lattakia near the border
with Turkey after hours of heavy clashes with the terrorist groups.
The militant groups pulled forces back from their
positions near the villages of Dahret al-Baiday al-Mahrouq and Ard
al-Kataf, and the hill of Ziyaret al-Beidha under the heavy offensives
of the Syrian army and the National Defense Forces.
Scores of the militants were killed or wounded and their military hardware and vehicles were destroyed in the army assaults.
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