Syrian War Report – August 14, 2019: Syrian Army Reached Khan Shaykhun
Government forces are developing their advance in the southern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone.
The Syrian military has deployed a new batch of reinforcements, including battle tanks from the 4th Armoured Division, to the frontline. According to pro-government sources, these reinforcements will take part in the ongoing Syrian Army offensive in northwestern Hama and southern Idlib.
On August 13, a firefights took place east of Sukayk, but no notable changes on the frontline took place. Syrian Army units made an attempt to capture Tel Tari, but the attack was repelled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. In a separate development, government troops liberated Kafr Ayn.
An increased usage of anti-tank guided missiles was also reported.
On August 12, a Turkish military convoy accompanied by militants visited Tell Tuqan, Surman and Morek. According to local sources, Ankara is now actively working behind the scenes to rescue militants besieged in northern Hama.
The Syrian Army and its allies are preparing to capture Kafr Zita and Khan Shaykhun and cut off the rest of supply lines to the key militant stronghold of Lataminah.
The Syrian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Forces continued their bombing campaign against militants’ infrastructure in the area. According to data released by the Russian Defense Ministry, the priority targets of the bombing campaign is underground hideouts, gatherings of military equipment and convoys of the terrorists.
10 villages in the Syrian province of Raqqah have signed a reconciliation agreement with the Damascus government, the Russian Defense Ministry’s Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria said on August 12. According to the released report, the total population of the villages is around 20,000 people. The Russian Defense Ministry provided no further details regarding the development. The Syrian Democratic Forces and the US-led coalition have not commented on the situation yet.
Such developments are a notable blow to the US-led efforts to isolate the US-occupied, northwestern part of Syria from the rest of the country.
Mr Putin mr assad should better turn out less conservatives.
And give the turks a definitive lesson in Idlib – NO worry the worst that can happen is Ankara once again seekin shelter in Warshintons arms – which will be temporary of course.
Don’t we so love the smell of grounded Russian balance in the mornings. It smells like victory.
Couldn’t some of those villages be outflanked in a pincer movement? and cut off?
That’s the plan.
But SAA and RuAF will give Jewish Mafia’s higher echelons time enough to exit the cauldron safely, leaving only a couple of hundreds sacrificial Jihadi lambs in the caves and the dirt, whose job it will be to slow down the advance of the Syrian Army, and to guarantee some more senseless goy on goy massacres before they all will be offed.
Sadly, Syrian had a plane shot down.
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201908141076552926-militants-in-idlib-down-syrian-air-force-jet—reports/
Syria’s state television reported Wednesday, citing a military source, that militants operating in the province of Idlib shot down a Syrian air force plane and the fate of the pilot reportedly remains unknown.
“One of our military aircraft, whose task was to destroy headquarters of the Nusra Front terrorist group in the al-Tamania area, was shot down on 14 August by a missile launched by terrorists from armed groups operating in the region”, the source said, cited by Syria TV television.
The sacrifices still being made by Syrians fighting for their nation deserves the highest praise.
What is disgusting is the logistical and tactical support from the US, France, UK, Turkey and Israel that these scum al Nusra are receiving.
Yes indeed,most people know to keep a full blown army in the field is a massive logistical undertaking,these bastards have done it for several years,so there are major powers involved as we know,what i never understood from the start is why the Syrians never bombed all the border crossings 24/7 with Turkey and Jordan, as they were taken by the terrorists very early in the conflict,all their logistics should have been hit,nothing should have moved on those roads without being attacked.
Another report:
The Syrian army has lost the tel Teri in the East, but took Kafr ain in the West
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August 13, 2019 the militant Islamist groups launched a series of counterattacks on the Eastern front Sataninskie ledge in Idlib province. The morning of the jihadists opened a cross-fire from three directions at the Syrian military occupied the height of the tel Teri.
Under cover of fire from machine guns, mortars and anti tank assault team of fighters (including from Central Asia and the North Caucasus) were able to knock out the Syrian military from a height. Having lost three men killed a unit of government forces retreated to the village of Skac.
Less than an hour later, militants launched a counterattack on p. Skeyk and the height of the tel-Skeyk. These were sent two car bombs after the explosions which went forward several (up to five) assault groups totaling more than 200 people. During heavy fighting, managed to repel all attacks, district Skak remained for the government forces.
Day the Syrian army attempted to storm tel Teri, but to no avail. The positions of the Islamists resumed its air strikes and artillery.
On the Western front (West of Khan Sheyhun) the situation was more favorable. During the evening of the offensive, the Syrian military managed to dislodge the militants from the village of Kafr ‘ Ayn. On the night of August 14, special forces “Tiger” and attacked the Islamists in the neighboring village of Khirbet Marched. This morning came the information that the government forces took the Khirbet Merced located near the height of the tel AC.
Intense battle of the night also went to the village of Kasabe (North of al-Naboodah). The militants tried to break through the defenses of the Syrian army and to break into the outskirts of the village.
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