Militants capture four Syrian towns, Army reclaims some lost territory

Militants capture four Syrian towns, Army reclaims some lost territory

Sub : IR

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Context:

• Syrian Islamist militants, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an al-Qaeda-linked jihadi group, along with Turkey-backed opposition fighters, captured four new towns in Syria.

Details:

• The towns, Halfaya, Taybat al-Imam, Maardis, and Soran are located in the Hama province. Their capture brings the insurgents within approximately 10 km of Hama, Syria’s fourth-largest city.
• This push is part of a larger campaign that has also seen insurgents take significant areas of northern Aleppo and southern Idlib. In response, government forces retook the village of Khanaser, a key position leading to Aleppo.
• The ongoing conflict, which has lasted over 13 years, has resulted in an estimated half-million deaths.

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