Sources said Bikdash is the highest-ranking defector from the Syrian army that has been killed in Syria. Abbas Hijazi, the commander of Maher Hijazi Battalion, and Abu Salim Julaq were also killed in Lattakia.
The Syrian Army alongside the country’s National Defense Forces (NDF) on Wednesday continued pushing back the militant groups in Lattakia province and restored full security to at least five more key regions in the Northern part of the coastal province.
The pro-government forces hit hard the militant groups in Por Abdullah region, Ketf al-Hareek, the fifth and sixth hills and Ketf al-Safeh and forced them to retreat the fighting areas after leaving behind scores of dead members.
On Tuesday, the Syrian army, backed by the National Defense Forces, captured a hill and more heights in Lattakia as the army’s march on terrorists’ positions in the coastal province is gathering pace. The Syrian forces regained control of al-Sheikh Mohammed hill and the 1281 R5 height in the Northeastern countryside of Lattakia.
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“The Russian Air Force operation to support the Syrian army’s offensive against extremist groups and organizations is continuing. Russian planes, combat aircraft continue to operate, terrorist infrastructure is being destroyed. Illegal oil and petroleum product flows, which finance terrorism, are being severed,” Peskov told reporters.
The Russian and Syrian bombers targeted the terrorists’ concentration centers in Khan Tuman region, al-Zarbeh, Barqoum and Rasm al-Ais in the Southern countryside of Aleppo.
Field sources also said guided missiles have been used in attacks on militants’ positions in several areas in Northern Syria. There were no more details available.
On Wednesday, the Syrian fighter jets targeted terrorists’ supply routes and convoy of vehicles in the Province of Aleppo. The Syrian airstrikes hit a convoy of terrorists’ vehicles and Takfiris’ supply routes in Enjara and Daret Ezza in Aleppo, destroying tens of the militant’s vehicles.
Meanwhile, terrorist groups acknowledged on their social media pages the death of a large group of their members, including Abad al-Aziz Hilal, in military operations in Aleppo province.
Also on Wednesday, one of the terrorist groups was forced to withdraw from the battle with the Syrian army in the countryside of Aleppo as the terrorists continue to suffer heavy losses throughout the Northern province.
According to the Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television the terrorist group withdrew from the clashes in the Northern countryside of Aleppo.
Earlier reports said the Syrian army launched an attack on ISIL defensive positions along the strategic Aleppo-Raqqa highway on Wednesday, inflicting heavy losses on the terrorists. The Syrian forces launched a powerful assault on ISIL defensive positions along the highway, targeting the Siyasko Chemical Factory’s Western perimeter.
Following a series of fierce clashes with militants at the Eastern perimeter of the Siyasko Chemical Factory, the Syrian forces and its allies regained full control over the Aleppo-Raqqa Highway entrance to this facility.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Syrian Army, popular forces and Hezbollah fighters completed the chain of a security ring around Kuweires airbase after pushing back the ISIL terrorist from all the villages and farms surrounding the airbase East of Aleppo.
The pro-government forces’ mop-up operations in the Eastern countryside of Aleppo successfully have ended in liberation of all the villages and farms and recapturing of the Aleppo-Raqqa highway near Kuweires airbase.
The Syria forces completely cut off the ISIL supplying route from Raqqa.
The military analyzers underlined that by cutting the international Aleppo-Raqqa highway, army troops have seized back all villages surrounding the Air Force Academy and Kuweires Airport and completely securing their surroundings.
On Tuesday, the Syrian army continued their offensives against the terrorist groups in the province of Aleppo, killing tens of militants in heavy clashes.
Over 100 Takfiri terrorists were killed in the Southern parts of Aleppo province.
The terrorists’ high fatalities came after they tried to prevent the Syrian army’s further advances in the Northern province by relocating their forces from the Northern parts of Aleppo province towards the Western and Southwestern parts of the province.
Earlier this month, the Syrian army, popular forces and Hezbollah forces, backed up by Syrian and Russian air force, lifted the two and a half-year-long siege of Kuweires military airbase after killing hundreds of ISIL terrorists.
After hitting terrorists’ positions in Bab Al-Salame and Azaz in Aleppo countryside, the Russian airstrikes hit their concentration centers in Bab Hawa border crossing in Idlib countryside, informed sources said.
On Wednesday, heavy fighting erupted between two rival Takfiri terrorist groups in Idlib province, leaving casualties on both sides.
A large group of terrorists were killed in exchange of fire between al-Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham terrorist groups in al-Rami village in Idlib countryside on Wednesday, according to the Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television
The Syrian forces retook control of Tel Al-Satrak, North of Tel Al-Malouha in the countryside of Lattakia on Thursday.
On Wednesday, three senior commanders of the so-called Free Syrian Army were killed in military operations in Syria’s province of Lattakia.
Rasheed Bikdash, one of “Mujahidin Army” leaders, was killed in clashes with the Syrian army in North of Lattakia.
Sources said Bikdash is the highest-ranking defector from the Syrian army that has been killed in Syria.
Abbas Hijazi, the commander of Maher Hijazi Battalion, and Abu Salim Julaq were also killed in Lattakia.
The Syrian Army and NDF have been pushing back the militant groups in Lattakia province all throughout the last two weeks and restored full security to at least five more key regions in the Northern part of the coastal province only Wednesday afternoon.
The pro-government forces hit hard the militant groups in Por Abdullah region, Ketf al-Hareek, the fifth and sixth hills and Ketf al-Safeh and forced them to retreat the fighting areas after leaving behind scores of dead members.
On Tuesday, the Syrian army, backed by the National Defense Forces, captured a hill and more heights in Lattakia as the army’s march on terrorists’ positions in the coastal province is gathering pace.
The Syrian forces regained control of al-Sheikh Mohammed hill and the 1281 R5 height in the Northeastern countryside of Lattakia.
A sum of 8 hills and heights have so far been freed in the province and the Syrian army troops have reached the border with Turkey in, at least, two key crossings.
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Gordon Duff posted articles on VT from 2008 to 2022. He is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. A disabled veteran, he worked on veterans and POW issues for decades.
Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues.
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