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The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the National Defense Forces (NDF) and its allies, backed up by warplanes and attack helicopters, are advanciing in a mountainous region northeast of Palmyra.
According to pro-government sources, the SAA, the NDF, Hezbollah and other pro-government units have reached the Hulayhila area and continued developing momentum towards the ISIS-held town of Sukhna.
If governmnet forces secure the whole mountainous region north of Palmyra, they will secure a flank of the attack force that would advance along the Palmyra-Sukhna-Deir Ezzor road.
