Syrian army retakes key position in heavy fighting in Hama
Tehran (KNA) - In one of the heaviest clashes in northwestern Syria in a year, the army has retaken a key position and killed at least 22 militants in Hama province on Friday, a London-based observatory said Friday.
The clash erupted when the Syrian army seized a position held by the Jaish al-Izza militants near Halfaya village on the edge of the northwestern Idlib province, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
At least 22 members of the militant group were killed in the clashes, and dozens more were wounded, the highest casualty toll of militants in the northwest in many months, it said.
According to the Observatory, government forces moved in to take a high building held by the rebels in a rural area of neighboring Hama province.
The Halfaya village, where the clashes broke out, is located in a planned buffer zone, which surrounds Idlib and also parts of the adjacent provinces of Aleppo and Hama.
Source: PressTV