Escalated air and missile strikes target the northern countryside of Hama with a new attempt to advance towards Halfaya

Hama Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:
Violent clashes are taking place since this morning between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic Factions in Halfaya town area in the northern countryside of Hama, in a new attempt by the regime forces to advance towards Halfaya, in conjunction with the heavy escalated shelling on Halfaya and Tayyibat al-Imam and other areas around them, where the regime forces targeted the area with tens of missiles and shells, amid intense raids by warplanes and dropping barrel bombs by helicopters on the clash areas and on areas in both towns, and information about casualties in the ranks of both parties, while several shells landed this morning on areas in the Muhradah city in the western countryside of Hama, which is inhabited by Christian citizens, which caused material damage.