{"id":2581,"date":"2016-03-29T20:44:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T20:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/2581-syrian-army-advances-into-isis-heartland-in-east-hama\/"},"modified":"2016-03-29T20:44:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T20:44:10","slug":"syrian-army-advances-into-isis-heartland-in-east-hama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/2581-syrian-army-advances-into-isis-heartland-in-east-hama\/","title":{"rendered":"Syrian Army advances into ISIS\u2019 heartland in east Hama"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 15.808px;\">Defense Forces (NDF) \u2013launched a powerful assault inside the Al-Salamiyah District\u2019s east sector<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">On Saturday afternoon in the eastern countryside of the Hama Governorate, the Syrian Arab Army\u2019s 66th Brigade of the 11th Tank Division \u2013 backed by the National Defense Forces (NDF) \u2013launched a powerful assault inside the Al-Salamiyah District\u2019s east sector, capturing several sites from the so-called Islamic State Takfiri terrorists near the Al-Raqqa Governorate border.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">The Syrian Armed Forces began the day by liberating the strategic hilltop of Tulaal Al-Hamkah and its nearby checkpoint, killing and wounding over 25 enemy combatants after destroying ISIS\u2019 machine gun nest.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">According to a military source inside the city of Al-Salamiyah, Tulaal Al-Hamkah is located just 12 km east of the strategic village of Tal Toot; its proximity to the ISIS stronghold of \u2018Aqayrbat makes it an imperative military endeavor for the Syrian Army\u2019s Central Command.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">The recent military operations in the Hama Governorate\u2019s eastern countryside have coincided with the Syrian Arab Army\u2019s large-scale offensive at the strategic city of Tadmur (Palmyra) in the Homs Governorate.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Forces (NDF) \u2013launched a powerful assault inside the Al-Salamiyah District\u2019s east sector \u00a0 On Saturday afternoon in the eastern countryside of the Hama Governorate, the Syrian Arab Army\u2019s 66th Brigade of the 11th Tank Division \u2013 backed by the National Defense Forces (NDF) \u2013launched a powerful assault inside the Al-Salamiyah District\u2019s east sector, capturing &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-2581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","tag-syria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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