HAMA , Jan. 14 (MNA) – Units of the Syrian Arab Army conducted on Sunday artillery strikes against terrorists’ positions and their movements in surroundings of a number of villages and towns in Hama northern countryside in retaliation to their violations of the demilitarized zone agreement.

SANA’s reporter said that army units detected a terrorist group affiliated with “al-Izza Brigades” that were trying to sneak from the surroundings of the Hasraya, al-Sakhir, and Kafar Zeita villages in Mharde northern countryside towards military points in the surroundings of the safe villages.

The army units dealt with them using concentrated artillery strikes , inflicting losses upon them.

About 30 km north of Hama city near the administrative border of Idleb southern countryside , an army unit also foiled an infiltration attempt by a terrorist group from Jabhat al-Nusra in the surroundings of Morek village , inflicting heavy losses upon them, the reporter added.

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