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Jihadists launch big attack on Syrian gov't near Hama

BEIRUT – Insurgent groups launched a big attack on government-held areas in northwestern Syria on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a media outlet run by the Lebanese group Hezbollah reported.

 

The attack north of Hama city spearheaded by jihadist groups marks the biggest offensive in that area since March, and underlines the complications facing Russian-led diplomatic efforts to preserve ceasefires in western Syria.

 

Several groups participated in the well-planned attack on government-held villages, the Observatory said, including Tahrir al-Sham -- an alliance of Islamist groups spearheaded by the jihadist group formerly known as the Nusra Front.

 


פרסום ראשון: 09.19.17, 10:34