For the 2nd consecutive time, Factions working in Sahl al-Ghab detonate bridges linking their areas of presence and regime forces’-controlled areas
Several explosions shook dawn on Wednesday, the 5th of September 2018, areas in Sahl al-Ghab in the northwestern countryside of Hama, it turned out to be caused by an attempt by factions operate under the “National Liberation Front” to detonate al-Twinah bridge, which connects the factions-controlled village of al-Twinah with the regime forces-controlled village of al-Hurra, which caused damage to the bridge but the factions were unable to destroy it, and the attempt to destroy the bridge came 5 days after detonating other bridges in the area by the same factions, where the Syrian Observatory published on the 31st of August 2018 that several explosions were heard on Friday morning, the 31st of August which shook Sahl al-Ghab area at the northwestern countryside of Hama, they were caused by detonating 2 bridges by the factions in the area, and in the details monitored by the Syrian Observatory: the factions blew up on dawn of today the bridge of Beit Ras which connects the factions’ areas with the regime forces’-control village of al-Jeed, in addition to detonating al-Sharia bridge which connects the factions’ controlled areas with al-Karim village which is controlled by the regime forces.
Sahl al-Ghab had witnessed similar operations during the past months and years, by detonating of several bridges by the factions and the regime forces, where detonating the bridges that link areas of control of both parties comes as part of the fortifications by the factions for their positions and points in the area to repel any possible attack by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them at any time, after the massive military reinforcements which were brought by the regime forces to Hama, Idlib, and Mountains of the coast.