Syrian rebels launch widescale attack on govt forces
DAMASCUS (DPA), 22 MAY,
2019- Syrian opposition rebels launched late Tuesday a widescale attack on government forces to try to retrieve areas they lost earlier this month in the northern countryside of Hama in central Syria, activists and a monitoring group said.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels started their attack with a suicide attack on the Kfar Naboude front in the northern countryside of Hama.
The watchdog said battles on the Kfar Naboude front resulted in the killing of 26 Syrian government troops as well as 18 opposition fighters.
Activists posted pictures of rebels driving tanks and firing mortar shells on Syrian army posts in the northern countryside of Hama.
One activist, who requested anonymity for security reasons, told dpa that the opposition fighters managed to advance on the Kfar Naboude front.
He added that opposition fighters also took prisoners from Syrian government troops during the battles.
The government forces have since seized 16 towns and villages from the rebels, the observatory reported.