The Regime forces operations room led by Russian officers controls 36 villages and towns in Jabal al-Akrad and Jabal al-Turkman within two weeks, and more than 3500 air and missile strike targeted them

Latakia Province:
violent clashes are still taking place in several areas of Jabal al-Turkman (al-Turkmen Mountain) and the outskirts of Jabal al-Akrad (al-Akrad Mountain) between Regime Forces Operations Room which is supervised by Russian officers and includes Russian soldiers, regime forces and gunmen loyal to them from Syrian, Arab and Asian nationalities and the Lebanese Hezbollah against the rebel and Islamic factions, The Islamic Turkestan Party and Jabhat Al-Nusra (al-Qaeda in Levant), where the Russian and Syrian warplanes targeted the clashing areas and other areas in the mountains with more than 522 airstrikes, in addition to more than 3000 rocket shells and missiles launched by the regime forces during the same mentioned period, which enabled the Regime Forces Operations Room to advance and take control of 36 towns and villages, where towns of Salma and Rabia are the most important towns of them all because they are the main stronghold for the factions in Jabal al-Akrad and Jabal al-Turkman, some of the towns and villages controlled by Regime Forces Operations Room are al-Hoor, Khan al-Joz, Beit Miro, al-Ghnimeh, al-Maruniyyat, Marj Khokha, Dwoerkeh, Taoma, al-Mryj, al-Rihaniyya, al-Helweh, al-Drwaishan,  Beit Ablaq, al-Durra, al-Sekkariyyeh, Beit Arab, al-Teffahiyyeh, al-Sawda (Qara Bejeq), Beit Hamik, Beit Awan and Braddon area and other villages and areas in both mountains, the shelling and clashes resulted in the deaths of more than 124 non-Syrian-nationality fighters from the factions and al-Nusra, and also killed at least 72 from the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, including officers.