On Saturday, Syrian soldiers took control of Atshan village, which lies in theSuran sub-districtof Hama and located 213 kilometers (132 miles) north of the capital, Damascus, following fierce skirmishes with Takfiri terrorists.
Syrian army forces are now heading toward Khan Shaykhuntown in the Maarrat al-Numan district of Idlib Province to liberate it from the clutches of foreign-backed extremists.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday that Russian fighter jets conducted 64 sorties over Syria in a day, hitting 55 positions of the Daesh Takfiri militant group.
The ministrys spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said the aerial assaults destroyed major technical and logistic support objects belonging to Daesh terroristsaswell asa fortified area that housed ammunition depots.
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An image taken on September 30, 2015 from footage made available on the Russian Defense Ministrys official website shows a Russian airstrike in Syria. AFP[/caption]Also on Saturday, Syrian military aircraft bombarded militant hideouts in the villages of Atshan, al-Tamanah and Tel Sakik as well as several other areas in the province of Hama, killing at least 50 Daesh terrorists.
Another 75 members of the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front militant group were eliminatedand their pick-up trucks, equippedwith heavy machine guns, were destroyed as Syrian government troops launched a barrage of mortar shells and artillery rounds at Um Haratain village, where the Takfiris had been holed up.
Syrian soldiers managed to wrest complete control of al-Bahsa Village in the al-Suqaylabiyah district of Hama Province on October 9, killing 104 terrorists and destroying seven vehicles armedwith heavy machine guns and medium-caliber long-barreled guns.
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A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on October 8, 2015, shows Syrian army forces preparing ammunition at an undisclosed location in western Syria.[/caption]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 President Vladimir Putin the mandate to use military force in Syria.
The foreign-sponsored conflict in Syria, which flared in March 2011, has claimed the lives of more than 250,000 people and left over one million injured, according to the United Nations.
By Press TV
