BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:50 A.M.) – The jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham and Jaysh Al-Nasr continued their large-scale offensive in the northern Hama countryside today, capturing two more villages from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) near the Hama-Idlib Highway.
According to a military source in Hama City, the jihadist rebels seized the villages of Iskendariyah and Kawkab after advancing south from the recently captured town of Souran.
With Kawkab and Iskendariyah under their control, the jihadist rebels will likely turn their attention to the key town of Ma’an, which was recaptured by the Syrian Arab Army late last year.
The Syrian Arab Army has sent reinforcements to the Hama front; however, a major counter-offensive won’t likely come for a while, due to the fact they will need to free up some of their important offensive units like the Tiger Forces who are already involved in the Aleppo operations.
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