The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Warplanes bombard countryside of Idlib with a calm back to the battlefronts between the factions and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham against the regime forces in Hama and Idlib

On Sunday evening, the warplanes targeted places in Abu Dali village in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, no information about casualties, while a cautious calm prevails the battle fronts in the northeastern countryside of Hama and the southeastern city of Idlib, amid the absence of warplanes from the skies of both areas since hours ago until now, where a new round of clash took place today in the area, in addition to the aerial and rocket shelling where the Syrian Observatory published hours ago that the clashes have been continuing since this morning, Wednesday the 13th of December 2017, between the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions, in the north-eastern countryside of Hama and the south-eastern countryside of Idlib, where the clashes are concentrated in the vicinity of Al-Mshirfah village, Al-Syriatel Hill and other nearby areas, in conjunction with intensive artillery and rocket shelling by the regime forces on the clash areas, and the clashes were accompanied by bombardment by the helicopters by explosive barrels on the same areas, and information about casualties in the ranks of the both parties, also the warplanes raided on areas in the south-eastern countryside of Idlib, targeting Tell Khanzir and other areas in this countryside.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published this morning that the clashes continued in areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama till after the midnight of Tuesday – Wednesday, between Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the factions against the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them, in a continuous attack by the later on the area of Al-Syriatel hill in an attempt to regain the control of it, after they had controlled it yesterday for hours before Tahrir Al-Sham and the factions came and recovered it, amid conflicted information now about the party that controls this hill, and the clashes were accompanied by renewing the aerial and the rocket shelling on the clash areas, then cautious calm prevailed the area from after the midnight until now, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that the clashes renewed between the regime forces backed by armed militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions, in areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, as a result of a new attack by the regime forces in a n attempt to advance and take the control of Al-Mshirfah village, and the clashes are accompanied by shelling by the regime forces on the clash areas and the controlled areas of the factions and Tahrir Al-Sham, and no information about casualties was reported yet, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published few hours ago, that the fronts on the northeastern countryside of Hama and the southeastern countryside of Idlib witnessed preparations for violent battles which their paces will escalate in the upcoming days, and the SOHR monitored arrival of groups of tens of members consecutively to the northeastern countryside of Hama and the countryside of Idlib, in preparation for violent battles against Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions, where the leadership of this operation was assigned to Brigadier in the regime forces Suhail Al-Hassan, known as the “Tiger”, who led wide-scale military operation in 2017, began early this year, in which they managed to control tens of square kilometers and reduced the areas controlled by ISIS, and he also led military campaign  in several areas in Syria, and these preparations by the regime forces and the reinforcement coincided with military reinforcement by the rebel and Islamic factions and Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, coming from the countryside of Idlib and Aleppo, in which the SOHR published this morning, Tuesday, that military reinforcements of the factions, were sent to the battle fronts with the regime forces and their allies, and with the “Islamic State” organization, in the south-eastern countryside of Idlib and the north-eastern countryside of Hama, in an attempt by the factions to strengthen their presence in order to repel any new advancement through which the organization or the regime forces try to expand their scope of control in Hama and Idlib countryside.