Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) killed dozens of goovernment troops and seized a T-55 battle tank as well as machine guns and other weapons during their night attack against the Syrian Arab Army and the National Defense Forces (NDF) in the area west of Salamiyah. Col. Muhammad al-Kasih Commander of the NDF in Teldara village was allegedly killed in the attack.
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