Publish Date: 17 August 2016 - 08:41

Over 40 terrorists killed in Hama, Idleb

HAMA/IDLEB, Aug. 17 (MNA) – More than 40 terrorists, some of them leaders, were killed in intensified strikes by the Syrian Air Force and the army’s artillery that targeted gatherings, fortified positions and supply routes of the so-called “Ahrar al-Sham”, “Jund al-Aqsa” and “Ajnad al-Sham” in the countryside of Hama and Idleb.

A military source announced that the strikes hit targets in Tal Merei, to the west of al-Tamaniaa, Tal Skeik and to the west of Atshan in the northern countryside of Hama province near the border with Idleb.

The source added that the strikes also targeted sites to the east of Khan Sheikhoun, al-Sheikh Mustafa and to the east of Maaret al-Nouman in the southern countryside of Idleb.

As a result of the strikes, more than 40 terrorists, some of them are groups’ leaders, were killed and at least 20 others were injured, while 11 vehicles, some of which equipped with machine guns, were destroyed.

SANA/MNA