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Syrian government troops have reportedly liberated 6 more villages from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) in western Syria.
According to pro-government sources, the villages of Abu Ghar, Sarha Janubi, Mushayrifah, Husaywat and Jundya in the northeastern Hama countryside are now controlled by government forces. They are the recent in a series of gains of the Syrian military in the area.
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The village of Shakusiyah is formally controlled by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). However, the SAA has still not been able to secure it fully because of a high presence of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) members in its vicinity.
Meanwhile, the SAA and its allies have liberated the village of Rasm Kahal and the hill of Sawan located south of the government-held town of Khanasser.
Pro-government experts beleive that all these advances are a part of wider effort aimed at reaching and liberating the town of Abu Adh Dhuhur and the nearby airbase.
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