Continued clashes in areas in the eastern countryside of Hama and the regime forces advance near Ithriyah

Hama Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: a demonstration took place in Zayzoun area in Sahl Al-Ghab at the northern countryside of Hama, where the demonstrators demanded the factions to get out of the area, while clashes took place between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the “Islamic State” organization, in Marina village area southeast area of Ithriyah in the eastern countryside of Hama, the clashes which were started by the regime forces were accompanied by intense shelling by them on the clash areas, amid advancement for the regime forces and its control of the area, and information about the death and injury of members of both parties, while the warplanes carried out more airstrikes targeting areas in the eastern countryside of Hama, accompanied by the continuation of clashes between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against members of the organization, after bringing military reinforcements to the area by the regime forces, where the regime forces advanced at the expense of the organization and terminated its presence in this area, which in turn will end the presence of the organization in the entire Hama Province, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the death of at least 16 members of the “Islamic State” organization in the past 24 hours of shelling and violent clashes between both parties.