The Syrian troops stationed in Eastern Hama engaged in clashes with the ISIS terrorists and regained control of several regions in the direction of the oil pipeline Southeast of the town of Aqarib in Eastern Hama as reinforcement forces and equipment were dispatched to the region.
In the meantime, the Syrian army’s artillery and missile units backed by the country’s air forces targeted ISIS’ military positions in al-Barqoutiyeh, Arshouneh, Salam, al-Haradaneh and Eastern direction of oil pipeline.
The Russian choppers called as ‘flying tanks’ also hit hard ISIS’ military positions in al-Barqoutiyeh and al-Hardaneh villages and inflicted heavy casualties and losses on the terrorists.
Russian bombers also created hell for ISIS in areas between al-Salamiyah and the militant-controlled Aqayrabat in Eastern Hama, killing 20 Takfiri militants and destroying 5 vehicles.
The Syrian and Russian fighter jets carried out a number of combat flights over ISIS’ supply lines to the strategic town of Aqayrabat on Monday as Army troops continued operation in Eastern Hama to expel terrorists from the region.