After the assassination of the “head of the township” yesterday, violent clashes between the regime forces and local gunmen in Salhab town, the “human reservoir of the supportive forces”

Hama Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored tension in Salhab town, which is controlled by the regime forces west of Hama, and inhabited mostly by Alawite citizens, where the town has been witnessing since the early hours of the morning clashes between the regime forces and their supportive forces against local gunmen, in a “security” operation by the regime against “outlaws”, also the clashes caused panic and resentment among people of the town, as a result of random bullets and the use of heavy machineguns in the clashes, amid information about casualties in the ranks of both parties.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a new assassination in Salhab town which is under control of the regime forces in the western countryside of Hama, unidentified gunmen assassinated the “head of Salhab Township”, a captain, after opening fire on him today at dawn in front of his workplace in the town, it is noteworthy that Salhab town is considered as a “human reservoir” for the ally forces loyal to the regime, and most of its residents are of the Alawite community.