IDLIB – Atleast 120 soldiers killed and injured in multi pronged attack byterrorists in Syria.
Up to 40 Syrian soldiers have been killed and 80 others wounded in amulti-pronged attack by militants in the northwestern province of Idlib.
Syria’s official news agency SANA cited a military source as saying thatmilitants launched “fierce attacks with large numbers” on the country’sarmy positions in the northwestern province early on Thursday.
SANA said the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group, formerly known as al-NusraFront, launched the attacks with the use of various types of weapons,including booby-trapped vehicles, to break through some of the army’spositions in the areas of al-Samaka and al-Tah in Idlib.
The agency added that the Syrian army units redeployed and stopped theattackers from further advancing.
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Clashes were still ongoing between the army and Jabhat al-Nusra terroristsalong the lines of confrontation, according to SANA.
On Wednesday, the Syrian army units had responded to earlier attacks by theterrorist group on several areas in Idlib, inflicting heavy losses on themin terms of the personnel and equipment.
On August 5 last year, the Syrian army announced the start of an offensiveagainst foreign-sponsored militants in Idlib after they failed to honor aceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey and continued to target civilianneighborhoods.
