Militants from the Kataib al-Izza terrorist group tried to breach Syrian Armed Forces positions in the northern Hama province near the demilitarized zone, a Syrian military source told Sputnik on Thursday.
DAMASCUS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 22nd November, 2018) Militants from the Kataib al-Izza terrorist group tried to breach Syrian Armed Forces positions in the northern Hama province near the demilitarized zone, a Syrian military source told Sputnik on Thursday."Militants are constantly attempting to breach Syrian army positions with the aim to disrupt the implementation of the agreements on establishment of a demilitarized zone reached in Sochi ... The Syrian Army responded to these attempts on Thursday, the attackers suffered losses," the source said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed at talks in Sochi on September 17 to set up a demilitarized zone in Idlib along the contact line of the armed opposition and the government forces by October 15. However, creation of the demilitarized zone is still not completed, as terrorists continue provocations.
Syria has been in a state of civil war since 2011, with government forces fighting numerous opposition groups and terrorist organizations. Victory over the Islamic State terrorist group (banned in Russia) was declared at the end of 2017. However, the Syrian Armed Forces continues mop-up operations in some areas of the country. Currently, the priorities in the country are political settlement, restoration and refugee repatriation.
