Syrian army forces and their allies advanced on Monday in the central province of Hama under the cover of intense airstrikes, approaching the outskirts of a terrorist-held town a day after capturing a strategic town from militants.
The push toward the town of Tibet al-Imam came a day after troops and allied forces captured the town of Soran, a month after Soran was lost in a terrorist offensive.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian air force jets had conducted nearly 25 airstrikes on Tibet al-Imam and nearby villages since midnight.
Syrian state news agency SANA quoted an unnamed military official as saying that troops are now at the eastern entrance of Tibet al-Imam after capturing nearby hills under the cover of intense bombardment.
SANA’s correspondent in Hama said that an army unit, in cooperation with supporting forces, repelled an attack by terrorists from al-Nusra on al-Satehiyat village in the western countryside of Salamiya area in Hama province.
Source: Agencies
