Warplanes escalate the raids on the eastern countryside of Hama with regime’s advancement in locations near Ithriyah area

Hama Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The regime forces renewed their shelling on areas in Al-Lataminah town in the northern countryside of Hama, accompanied by their shelling of areas in the outskirts of Murak Town in the northern countryside of Hama, the warplanes also escalated their raids targeting areas controlled by the “Islamic State” organization in the eastern countryside of Hama, the raids targeted the villages of Dakila, Al-Hardana, Jani Elelbawi, Abu Hanaya, Abu Hbeilat, Salba, and Jib Al-Mazaree’ near Uqayribat in the eastern countryside of Hama, and no casualties were reported, amid the continuation of violent clashes between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them on one hand and the “Islamic State” organization on the other, in the areas of Elelbawi, Qulayb Al-Thawr and Ithriyah in the eastern countryside of Hama, amid advancement of the regime forces and their control of positions used to be controlled by the organization near the Hill 23, while the area of Qulayb Al-Thawr and other areas in the countryside of the city of Salamiyah are witnessing clashes of hit-and-run and exchange of control between both parties, in an attempt by the regime forces to hold the control of the sites that they advanced into.