Maha Assaad with her disabled 25-year-old daughter, Amal, their house was targeted by Nusra Front two days before orthodox Good Friday in Al Skeilbiyyeh, Northern Hama. (Photo: Vanessa Beeley)
Vanessa Beeley
RT
MHARDEH, SYRIA — (War Report) On September 7, Mhardeh, a small Christian town in northern Hama, was targeted with nine Grad missiles — six of which were fitted with internationally-prohibited cluster sub-munitions — by al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorists roughly four kilometers away from the town center, occupying the northern Hama countryside areas of Ltamenah and surroundings.
Four days later, I went to Mhardeh and took the testimony of a man who lost everything to the terrorist attack: his wife, three young children, and mother were all killed in the initial bombardment.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to meet Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Monday, amid reports of a heavy Turkish arms drop into Syria in recent days.
Al Masdar News reports…
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (3:50 P.M.) – A non-stop, fierce aerial campaign has hit rebel stronghold of Lataminah in northern Hama as part of a wider offensive aimed at restoring the jihadi-held areas in central and northern Syria.
Al Masdar News reports…
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (4:30 P.M.) – A convoy for the Syrian Army heading to the outskirts of Idlib for upcoming offensive was warmly welcomed by residents of al-Ghab Plain in northwest Hama countryside.
The convoy belongs to the SAA’s elite 4th Armored Division which was tasked with fighting jihadi groups near al-Ghab Plain once the full-scale offensive begins.
The Russian Air Force continues to soften terrorist strongholds as the Syrian Arab Army prepares their long-awaited offensive in and around Idlib.
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The Israeli army carried out Sunday night an aggression on a Syrian military site in Masyaf area in Hama countryside.
A military source said in a statement to Syria’s state agency SANA that a military site in Masyaf in Hama countryside was targeted by an Israeli aerial aggression, causing only material damage.
The Head of Russian forces in Syria, Colonel General Sergei Surovikin has confirmed Russia’s full commitment to fulfilling its anti-terrorist mission in Syria while speaking at the Army-2017 Forum near Moscow.
Surovikin stated,
“The operation to destroy the militants of the ISIS and Jabhat Nusra terrorist groups in Syria will continue until their complete elimination”.
News from the Russian General Staff has come in indicating that all of central Syria is on the verge of full liberation from terrorist occupation.
The news came in with early reports stating that Aleppo Governorate is now fully liberated from al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups.
According to Main Operational Directorate of the Russian General Staff, Col. Gen. Sergey Rudskoy,
