The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Air and artillery strikes target the countryside of Hama and clashes renewed in the outskirts of Halfaya

 

Hama province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:
Clashes renewed at a violent pace between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic factions in areas in the outskirts of Halfaya, after a new attack by regime forces in attempt to advance in the area after they withdrew yesterday cause they couldn’t hold control of the points they advanced to in al-Batish and Sin Sahar areas, and after the counter attack by rebel factions on the area, and the clashes coincided with shelling by regime forces on the clash areas  and on other areas in Halfaya town, also the regime forces renewed the artillery strikes on areas in Soran and Tayyibat al-Imam towns, in conjunctions with raids by warplanes and dropping  barrel bombs by helicopters on areas in both towns, after today morning’s military escalation on both towns, where the warplanes and regime forces targeted them with tens of missiles, shells and bombs, and the warplanes also targeted areas in al-Lataminah town and other places in al-Boyda village in the northern countryside of Hama, no information about casualties, also shells landed again on areas in Mharda town which is located at the northwestern countryside of Hama, and there is no information about human loses .