The Syrain Arab Army (SAA) has liberated the villages of Maksar Shamal, Janubi, Abu Hakfa and Abu Kahf from ISIS in the eastern Hama countryside.
According to reports, especially heavy clashes took place in Maksar Shamal and Janubi that had been earlier seized by the terrorist group.
The SAA and its allies are using the ongoing fighting between ISIS and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) in the northern Hama countryside in order to further increase pressure on ISIS in the so-called eastern Salamiyah pocket.
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