ALWAGHT- The Syrian military has reclaimed a crucial highway near the northern city of Hama, along with all surrounding towns and villages, while eliminating dozens of Takfiri terrorists attempting to reignite terrorism in the country's northern regions.
On Monday, Syrian forces reclaimed the highway connecting the cities of Mahardeh and Suqaylabiyah near Hama, along with its surrounding towns and villages, including Karnaz, Tal Malah, al-Jalamah, Jabbin, Hayalin, and Sheikh Hadid, according to Syrian media reports. Several other towns that had briefly fallen under Takfiri control were also liberated.
During the operations, approximately 80 Takfiri militants, including senior leaders of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorist group, were killed in the outskirts of Hama as well as the countryside of Aleppo and Idlib. Earlier reports from Syria’s state television indicated that around 320 terrorists were killed across these areas as part of joint operations by Syrian forces and their Russian allies. Monday’s strikes also destroyed 12 terrorist facilities and ammunition depots and downed a militant-operated drone.
Local sources revealed that around 15,000 volunteers joined the Syrian army in Hama within hours, while the army also received reinforcements from regional resistance movements, including fighters from neighboring Iraq. Meanwhile, Russian sources reported that HTS militants were preparing to deploy toxic substances in Aleppo and Idlib, a tactic used since 2014 and previously exploited by the US, UK, and France as a pretext for missile strikes on Syria. The materials were reportedly transported by White Helmets ambulances, a group backed by Western powers and Israel.
Earlier this week, HTS militants had overrun several government-controlled areas in northern Syria, killing dozens of Syrian soldiers. However, the Syrian army successfully foiled large-scale terrorist operations in Aleppo Province with preemptive strikes. Following these developments, Western-backed terrorist groups and their allies launched a media campaign to undermine Syria’s counterterrorism efforts, falsely claiming that Syrian forces had retreated from Hama’s countryside—a claim later dismissed by the Syrian military as part of a “media war” to discredit its anti-terror campaign.
