Syrian, Russian air forces carry out 'most intense strikes' since terror resurgence

The Syrian air force and its Russian allies have carried out their heaviest strikes against camps and concentrations belonging to foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists since their resurgence in the Arab country’s north.

The joint retaliation saw the forces targeting armored vehicles belonging to the terrorists, who were trying to escape towards the town of Morek in the northern countryside of the city of Hama on Wednesday, Syrian sources reported.

Syrian helicopters also struck concentrations of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Takfiri terrorists in Hama’s northern suburbs.

‘Hama back under Syrian control’

Meanwhile, a Syrian source reported that “Syrian Arab Army units secured all the points they had advanced to in the northeastern countryside of Hama, at a distance of more than 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the city.”

The developments “coincided with the continued arrival of military reinforcements to the northern, northeastern, and western axes of the countryside of the province,” it added.

A military source confirmed this, saying, “Large military reinforcements have arrived in Hama to strengthen the forces on the front lines and confront any attack attempt launched by armed terrorist organizations.”

According to Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television network, the city has fallen back under the control of the Syrian army and is witnessing "relative calm.”

'Heavy air strikes against terrorists near Idlib'

The Syrian-Russian reprisal also featured intense air strikes against terrorist gatherings in Kafr Dariyan village on the outskirts of the city of Idlib, where violent confrontations were reported between Syrian forces and terrorist groups near the city of Khanasir too.

Elsewhere in northern Syria, Syrian air defenses shot down as many as 11 unmanned aerial vehicles belonging to terrorists near the city of Latakia among other locations.

On Tuesday, the General Command of the Syrian Army and Armed Forces reported that Syrian forces had executed precise air strikes on terrorist positions in the northwest, destroying an operation room belonging to the HTS.

Syrian forces destroy Takfiri terrorists’ operation room

Syrian forces have executed precise airstrikes on terrorist positions in the northwest, destroying an operation room of the Hayat al-Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).

The statement detailed that the strikes had also resulted in the destruction of three warehouses containing various munitions, as well as dozens of vehicles and armored units along the battlefronts over the previous 24 hours.

A day earlier, the Syrian military retook a key highway near Hama as well as all the towns and villages surrounding it, besides killing dozens more Takfiris.

Syria retakes key northern highway, surroundings; kills dozens more terrorists

The Syrian military retakes a key highway near the northern city of Hama as well as all the towns and villages surrounding it, besides killing dozens more Takfiri terrorists.

Earlier this week, members of the HTS were reported to have overrun many government-controlled areas and killed dozens of soldiers in northern Syria.

Later, though, it was also reported that the Syrian army had thwarted large-scale terrorist operations in Aleppo Province through a preemptive strike.

Terrorist outfits and their Western allies launched a full-scale media campaign afterwards, trying to tarnish the Syrian military’s successful counterterrorism drive, including by reporting that the Syrian forces had withdrawn from Hama’s countryside.

The Syrian military, however, dismissed the reports later, and called them part of a “media war” aimed at painting Damascus’ anti-terror struggle in a bad light.

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