Army officers informed Prensa Latina that during the night hours there was a massive attack by suicide bombers from the “Red Ribbon Fighters Brigade,” considered the elite force of Hayet Tahrir Al-Sham, and which includes the best Chechen, Turkmen and Uzbek fighters.

According to the sources, the radicals intended to infiltrate the strategic mount of Zeinabdin, where they fell into an ambush by the forces of the 25th Syrian special forces division. According to reports, some 30 terrorists were captured.

The Ministry of Defense reported that Syrian and Russian combat aviation and artillery intensively hit terrorist groups in northern Hama, causing dozens of casualties among the radicals, including deaths and injuries, and destroying their equipment and vehicles.

The source also denied the news promoted by the irregulars on their platforms and in the media about their entry into the provincial capital. The report assured that the situation in the city is normal and safe, and the armed forces are deployed in their locations in the vicinity of the city and in all directions, and are fully prepared to repel and confront any possible attack.

During the last few days, the Syrian Armed Forces repelled violent terrorist offensives against the city of Hama, capital of the homonymous province, considered of vital importance due to its strategic and geographical position.

According to state media, Syrian-Russian operations during the last six days caused the death of about two thousand radicals.

On November 27th, terrorist groups in the northwest of the country launched a fierce offensive in which they managed to take Aleppo, the second largest city in the country, and almost all rural areas of Idlib province.

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