Two Syrian generals – Haidar Saleh and Ahmed Asad – have been reportedly killed in clahes against al-Qaeda militants in the northern countryisde of the city of Hama.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the branch of al-Qaeda in Syria) and its allies launched a large-scale offensive against government forces. Initially, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham(HTS)-led forces seized a wide area from the National Defense Forces, a local militia that guarded the area.
Then, the Syrian military deployed reinforcements to the area and launched a counter-attack regaining a number of villages from HTS and its allies (more here).
