Violent and renewed clashes between Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and ISIS in the eastern countryside of Hama

Hama Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces shelled yesterday evening places in al-Lataminah town in the countryside of Hama, no information about casualties, while violent clashes renewed in areas in the northeastern countryside of Hama, between Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the “Islamic State” organization, where the Syrian Observatory learned that the clashes were concentrated in al-Shakuziyyeh area following a new attempt by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham to regain control of the village it lost to ISIS days ago, and no information about casualties, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that Calmness prevails the north-east of Hama after violent fighting lasted for 11 days after ISIS crossed from Wadi Al-Azeeb

Calmness prevails the clash fronts in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, between Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the “Islamic State” organization, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the cessation of fighting came after violent clashes between the both parties in areas in the vicinity of Al-Rahjan took place yesterday, as a result of violent attack by the organization, while Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham is still trying to regain the control of the villages of Abu Laffah, al-Shakuziyyeh and Abu Al-Hawadeed and residential communities in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, which remained under the control of the organization which managed to cross the controlled areas of the regime forces coming from Wadi Al-Azeeb by vehicles with its heavy weapons.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 9th of October 2017, that the “Islamic State” organization crossed by vehicles with medium and heavy weapons and reached areas controlled by Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, where the organization started attacking areas controlled by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and managed to advance quickly and abruptly, and took control of about 15 villages, followed by a violent counterattack by Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham in which it regained to re-control about 5 villages, while Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham brought military reinforcements of members and vehicles, in order to continue the attack and recover the entire lost areas as well as arresting the organization’s members who carried out the attack, and information about casualties in the ranks of both parties as a result of these clashes, which were accompanied by exchange of shelling, also SOHR received information about capturing members of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham by the organized during its control of a village, and information about carrying out executions by the organization against prisoners of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, where the sources confirmed that the “Islamic State” Organization has reneged the agreement between it and between Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham earlier, and that their families of children, women, young men and non-fighter men will be entered to the areas controlled by the factions, and that members of organization are prevented from entering, and any member or fighter of the organization who may enter will be either captured or killed.