Pro-militant sources report that the Syrian army and the National Defense Forces have launched a massive counter-attack in the northerh part of the Syrian province of Hama. Heavy clashes are ongoing in the outskirts of Ma’radas.
It’s became known that Abo Ahmad Nayef, a commander of the Ansar al-Deen jihadist alliance linked with Jabhat Al Nusra, has been killed in the recent clashes.
Other reports argue that Major Gen. Ali Khalouf, commander of the 87th Brigade of the 11th Division of the Syrian Arab Army, has been also killed in the area.