The Syrian Armed Forces on Saturday repelled a militant attempt to attack the country's army positions 35 kilometers (21 miles) north from the city of Hama, at the border with the northwestern province of Idlib, the Syrian national broadcaster reported.
BEIRUT (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd November, 2018) The Syrian Armed Forces on Saturday repelled a militant attempt to attack the country's army positions 35 kilometers (21 miles) north from the city of Hama, at the border with the northwestern province of Idlib, the Syrian national broadcaster reported.Militants from Jaysh al-Izza group had been moving toward the territories controlled by the Syrian army from the al-Lataminah village in Hama until they were located by the security forces, according to the broadcaster.
Half of the militants were killed, while those remaining found shelter in the border settlements, the broadcaster reported.
The demilitarized zone was agreed upon by the Russian and Turkish presidents in September. Syria's armed opposition groups were allowed to leave the buffer zone in Syria's northwest. The Nusra Front and the Islamic State terrorist groups (both outlawed in Russia) are not part of the deal.
The Russian Defense Ministry's center for Syrian reconciliation warned on Monday that militants were plotting a chemical weapons attack in the Idlib buffer zone to blame it on the Syrian government.
