The violent clashes continue in the north-eastern countryside of Hama and the explosions rock the area

Hama Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the clashes continued between the regime forces backed by militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the factions, in areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, in conjunction with sound of violent explosions rocked the area, one of them was caused by an explosion of a booby trapped vehicle in Abu Trika area, amid exchange of shelling between the both parties, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago, that the violent clashes are accompanied by operations of hit-and-run and exchange of control between the both parties, in which the factions and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham to achieve advancement and take the control of Al-Mshirfah area and points in the vicinity of Abu Dali village and the vicinity of Al-Qahirah and Al-Talah Al-Sawdaa areas, before the regime forces came and retook the control of most of them, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the factions started new preliminary shelling targeted the controlled areas of the regime forces in Abu Dali, Al-Talah Al-Sawdaa, Al-Shatheh and Al-Qahirah, in an attempt to carry out a new attack enable them to achieve advancement in these areas.

This fighting was accompanied by intensive violent shelling by the regime forces and the factions and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, and raids by warplanes on the clash areas, which resulted in the fall of casualties in the ranks of the both parties, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of about 12 fighters at least of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and its supported factions in the clashes which are taking place in this front since the dawn of Friday the 6th of October 2017, while a number of members of the regime forces were killed in the same clashes, And reliable sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that this battle comes after great preparations by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the factions, and it also comes to renew the battle of “the last attempt”, which Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the factions started on the 19th of September 2017, and stopped few days ago after the regime forces managed to recover the areas they lost for the factions and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham.

It is noteworthy that this battle of the last attempt, comes in an effort by the factions to achieve advancement in the area and take the control of the villages which close the distance between them and the strategic mountain of Zayn Al-Abidin and Hama city, while this battle comes after preparations lasted for days in which Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham intended to tell the citizens in the villages in the far southern countryside of Idlib and the north-eastern countryside of Hama, to leave their houses to avoid the intensive shelling which will be carried out on the area if the operation starts, thus, the area witnessed a displacement movement during the past days to villages far from the areas of this military operation, while Hama province witnessed months ago violent clashes between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, and the rebel and Islamic factions and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, in which they managed to take the control of a large number of villages and towns, under a cover of intensive shelling, then the regime forces came and retook the control on the whole areas they lost.