The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The regime force continue their violent attack under a cover of intensive aerial and land shelling in the north-eastern countryside of Hama

Hama Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the fighting is still continuing at a violent pace between the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against the fighters of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions, in areas in the vicinity of Al-Bulail, Al-Shatib, Abu Dali and Tal Khuzaim, in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, following a violent attack by the regime forces on the area, in an attempt to advance in it, and with the continuation of clashes the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored intensive targeting by the regime forces by artillery shells and missiles to areas in Al-Rahjan town which is the hometown of the Minister of Defense of the regime Fahd Jassem al-Freij, in conjunction with raids targeted the areas of Al-Ma’kar Al-Shamali and Al-Ma’kar Al-Janobi as well as the clash areas, amid exchange of targeting between the regime forces and the factions in the clash areas, and the regime forces are seeking to advance in these areas, and clashes the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also monitored an attempt by the regime forces to hold their control over pointes that they advanced into in Al-Bulail area, and confirmed information about casualties in the ranks of the both parties.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that it rose to at least 94, the number of members of the regime forces who were killed, while it rose to at least 138 members of the Tahrir Al-Sham and the Turkistani Islamic Movement and the Islamic and rebel factions, who were killed since the regime forces started on the 22nd of October 2017, their heavy shelling on areas in the northeastern countryside of Hama, which was followed by violent attack in the region, until today the 25th of November, and the regime forces have controlled in the aforementioned period of time number of villages and housing compounds, which are: Al-Shahtiya, Jub Abyad, Rasm Abu Myal, Rasm Al-Sawy, Rasm Al-Ahmar, Rasm al-Tina, Abu Lafa, Marijab Al-Jamlan, Al-Khafiya, Sham Al-Hawa, Al-Rehraha, Sarha, Abu Al-Ghar, Baghdid, Al-Mushayrafa, Jawiad, Hasrat, Kharbat Al-Rahjan, Hasnawy, Mwailah Shamali, Qasr Ali, Qasr Shawy, Tel Mahsar, Al-Rabia, Douma, Rabda, Al-Hazm and Arafa,  while the regime forces are still hundreds of meters away from Al-Rahjan town, which is the hometown of Minister of Defense of the regime forces, Fahd Seraj Al-Farij, which came out of the control of the regime in the mid of July 2014, which is controlled by Nusra Front (Qaeda organization in the Levant) then.