Raids and intensive shelling accompany the violent clashes and attempts of advancement to the hometown of the Minister of Defense of the regime

Hama Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the warplanes carried out more raids on areas in Al-Rahjan town and its vicinity, in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, in addition to intensive shelling by the regime forces, on areas in al-Mestriha village, in the same countryside, as a part of a preparation by firearm by the regime forces within an attempt to advance into it, in which the violent clashes are continuing between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamic Party of Turkestan and the rebel and Islamic factions, in the area of al-Mestriha in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, amid exchange of targeting between the both parties, and information about casualties in their ranks, while areas in Al-Lataminah town in the northern countryside of Hama, were shelled by the regime forces, and no information about injuries was reported, while several shells fell on areas in Taldara village in the western countryside of Salamiyah, which resulted in the fall of wounded.