Clashes continue in the northeastern countryside of Hama and counterattacks between the regime forces and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the factions
Hama Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: areas in the village of al-Tlul al-Homr and other places in Quneitra village in the southern countryside of Hama; were shelled by the regime forces, which caused material damage but no information about casualties, also shells landed on areas in Taldurra village in in the southern countryside of Hama, which caused material damage but no information about injuries, while the regime forces renewed the targeting using artillery and rocket shells targeting al-Lataminah town in the northern countryside of Hama which caused damage to the property of citizens, but no information about casualties, also clashes are still taking place between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions, in areas in the northeastern countryside of Hama, within the continuous attempts by the regime forces to advance more in the area, while Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the factions are trying to regain control of the areas they lost.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the regime forces were able to achieve a new advancement by controlling two new villages which are al-Mshirfah and al-Jemlan in the area, and information about casualties in the ranks of both parties, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that the hit-and-run clashes are continuing between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions, in areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, where the regime forces carried out a counter attack after the midnight of Monday – Tuesday, on positions of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham in Talat Al-Syriatel and Al-Zafiriyyah, which Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham controlled yesterday, accompanied by bombardment and intensive shelling, by the regime forces, on the same areas, resulted in advancing the regime forces in several points in the area, while Mrayjib Al-Jamalan village which the regime forces advanced in , in the same countryside, witnessed exchange of shelling between the both parties, amid violent clashes took place between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the factions, in Mrayjib Al-Jamalan and Abu Laffah, in an attempt by each party to advance at the expense of the other, while the warplanes carried out several raids on areas in Al-Rahjan and its vicinity in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, and no information about casualties was reported.
These continuous clashes have caused the displacement of about 35000 civilians, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 30th of October 2017 that the fighting is continuing between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the fighters of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, in areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, for the 7th consecutive day, since the clashes started in the 24th of October 2017, during which the regime forces managed to take the control of the villages of Al-Shahatiyyah, Joway’ed and Jib Abyad, as well as attacks during which they failed either to advance or keep and hold their control on the positions where they advanced in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, thus, these violent clashes cause a large number of human losses in the ranks of the both parties, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of about 90 members of the both parties of who were killed within a week of clashes, shelling and explosions, including about 35 members of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them.