The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

As a part of its quest to get back what it lost… Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham continues its offensive in the countryside of Hama and restores al-Rahjan from ISIS, 35 of both parties were killed yesterday

Hama Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the violent clashes continue in several areas in the eastern countryside of Hama between Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham against the “Islamic State” organization, where Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham continues its attacks to restore the areas it lost to the organization in the last few days, where the Syrian Observatory learned that Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham was able to achieve a new advancement and regained control of al-Rahjan village as well as the capturing members from the organization in the village, moving the clashes to the areas of al-Shakuziyyeh and Sarha, Where Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham has also advanced there, and violent clashes are taking place inside both villages in an attempt by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham to control both of them completely, while the “Islamic State” organization targeted using a booby trapped vehicle a place in Om Mayyal in the northeastern countryside, and with this advancement by Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham; the “Islamic State” organization only has the villages of Abu Laffah and al-Mestriha and some residential communities and points in the area.

The violent clashes were accompanied by intense artillery shelling, explosions and exchange of targeting, which caused more casualties in the ranks of both parties, where yesterday 11 member of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham at least were killed, in addition to the killing of at least 24 members of the organizations, one of them blew himself up in a booby trapped vehicle, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are injured members of both parties, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday that the violent clashes continue in areas in the northeastern countryside of Hama, between members of the “Islamic State” organization against Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham in an attack taking place since yesterday morning by Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham since controlling villages, points and residential gatherings in the northern countryside of Hama by the “Islamic State” organization, where the Syrian Observatory learned that Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham continues its attack on the villages of al-Shakuziyyeh and al-Rahjan in order to regain control of them, the clashes were accompanied by intense shelling and targeting between both parties, which caused casualties in the ranks of both parties, where more than 15 members of the “Islamic State” organization were killed and one of them blew himself up using an explosive belt and another member was beheaded, also more than 7 members of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham were killed.

Also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights hours ago that the violent clashes are still taking place between Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham against members of the “Islamic State” organization, in areas in the northeast countryside of Hama, and the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights learned that Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham continues its attack on the areas which were controlled by the “Islamic State” organization, trying to regain full control of the areas it lost to the organization, amid more advancement by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham at the expense of the organization, and the clashes were concentrated near al-Shakuziyyeh and al-Rahjan areas, in conjunction with heavy and intense shelling between both parties.

The clashes caused more casualties in the ranks of both parties, while a member was of the organization was beheaded, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham continues its attempt to regain control of the villages and points it lost to the organization in the last few days, and the Syrian Observatory learned that Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham I was able to achieve a new advancement and regained control of the villages of Hasnawi and Abu al-Ezz from the organization’s members. Reliable sources informed the Syrian Observatory that Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham is surrounding a group of members in one of the homes of Hasnawi village after its control of the village, also Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham carried out a violent attack on the villages of Om Sahrij and al-Jakuziyyeh in order to re-control it from members of the “Islamic State” organization, where the fighters of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham were able to control the village of Om Sahrij, the violent clashes are accompanied by heavy shelling and targeting which caused casualties in the ranks of both parties, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that it learned that Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham is continuing it attack in the north-eastern countryside of Hama to recover the villages, points and the positions it lost for the “Islamic State” organization during the past four days, in which Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham managed by rocket shelling to retake the full control on Al-Sukkary and Abu Kahf villages, while the violent clashes are continuing between the both parties in other places in the area, in which ISIS still controls about 7 villages and residential communities and other point in which Al-Rahjan village is considered the most important one, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago, that the violent clashes renewed in areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, after calmness prevailed yesterday after the midnight, in which Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham resumed its attack on the positions of ISIS in the area, in an attempt by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham to take the control of the areas it lost for the organization days ago, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights yesterday, that the clashes are still continuing between Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham against the members of the “Islamic State” organization, in areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, in which the clashes concentrated in 4 villages and their vicinities, and witnessed exchange of intensive shelling between the both parties, accompanied the violent fighting between the both parties, in which the organization managed to advance in two villages in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, before Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham returned to carry out violent attack and retook the control of these two villages and other two villages used to be controlled by the organization, and confirmed information about the death of more members of the ranks of the both parties in the same clashes.