The Syrian army launched a counteroffensive against the rebels near the symbolic city of Hama
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Assad's army launched a counteroffensive against Islamist rebels near the strategic city of Hama with air support. Earlier, the rebels captured Aleppo and advanced 130 km to the South.
After the rapid advance of the Islamist rebel alliance in Syria, the army of ruler Bashar al-Assad launched a counteroffensive. In addition, the Syrian Kurdish alliance repelled an attack by "Turkish mercenaries" in its zone of influence east of the Euphrates River.
Reports UNN with reference to DW and VRT.
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According to the official agency and a non-governmental organization, the Syrian army launched a counteroffensive against the rebels near Hama.
The Syrian military launched a counterattack shortly after midnight. The ground forces are supported by fighter aircraft.
President Assad's army is trying to stop an alliance of rebel groups led by Islamic Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. This Wednesday, December 4, the Syrian military forces increased their security zone around the strategic northern city of Hama after fierce fighting with Islamist groups. The Syrian Kurdish alliance also repelled an attack by" Turkish mercenaries " in its zone of influence east of the Euphrates River.
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Hama, the capital of the Syrian province of the same name, through which the Strategic Highway M5, which is the mainstay of the country from North to South, is now a key target of the Islamist alliance of the Levant Liberation Organization (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS), which has already managed to capture large territories in the north-west of the Arab country during the offensive.
Hama has remained in government hands since the outbreak of the civil war in 2011. It is also important that the Access Road to the city of Homs passes through Hama. In addition, the city of Hama has mainly symbolic significance.
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In the middle of last week, an alliance of rebels led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched an offensive in northwestern Syria. Over the weekend, it took control of Aleppo, the country's second-largest city. Now the front has moved about 130 kilometers to the south (near the city of Hama).
According to the monitoring center, more than 570 people were killed in the fighting, including almost 100 civilians.
