Press TV.png Syria launches large-scale ground offensive in Hama Press TV, Tehran, 7 October 2015 Syria's army and allied forces, backed up by the Russian Air Force, have launched a major ground operation in the western parts of the country. "The Syrian army and allied forces began a ground operation in the northern parts of Hama Province ... with fire cover from the Russian air force," a Syrian military source said on Wednesday. Syria, its provinces, and neighbouring territories The Syrian military source went on to say that the operation in Hama would target "the edges of the villages of Latmeen, west of Morek, in preparation for heading towards Kafr Zeita." It is said that a range of militants, including terrorists from the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, are active in the area. "The Syrian army in its latest operations is working on cut off the southern parts of Idlib Province from the northern parts of Hama Province," another military source in Hama, which borders Idlib, added. Meanwhile, Syrian official news agency, SANA, quoted a military source as saying that the Russian Air Force, in cooperation with the Syrian Air Force, conducted strikes against Daesh targets in Deir Hafer and al-Bab in the countryside of the northern province of Aleppo. The military source added that many terrorists were killed in the joint operation. Earlier in the day, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said the country's Air Force, which has been bombing the positions of the militants in Syria, would support Syrian government forces fighting on the ground. Russian efforts "will be synchronized with the actions of the Syrian army on the ground and the actions of our air force will effectively support the offensive operation of the Syrian army," Putin said. Moscow began its military campaign against terrorists in Syria on September 30 upon a request from the Damascus government, shortly after the upper house of the Russian parliament gave Putin the mandate to use military force in Syria. From: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/10/07/432396/Syria-Russia-hama-putin-daesh -alNusra-Front -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
