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Army of Conquest launches 'Hama Foray', kills 12 soldiers

 The Army of Conquest launched new battle against Syrian regime troops in central province of Hama late on Thursday, killing 12 soldiers, activists told Zaman Al Wasl.

The alliance of Islamist groups, including Nusra Front and Ahrar al-Sham, has mobilized troops reached 24,ooo in the eastern and northern countryside of Hama to repel Assad forces and allied militias.

"Hama Foray' is making progress, rebel commanders say on more than axis.

Conquest Army's artillery rocked regime bases in Atshan, Skaik amd Maan villages. Activists reported fleeing of pro-regime families from the nearby villages.

Rebels have also destroyed 3 tanks in Kherbat al Naqous front line in al-Ghab Plain.

In ts turn, Russian and regime warplanes hit rebel-held villages in the western and northern countryside of Hama.

In next door province of Homs, 15 people have lost their lives and dozens wounded in Regime air strikes on Talbiseh. The stricken town in the northern countryside has been under devastating aerial campaign for the third week since Russia began its air strikes in Syria on Sep. 30.

The Syrian regime and Russian warplanes have carried out more than 60 raids on Hama and Homs since Thursday, local activists said.

The northern countryside has occurred to severe aerial campaign, more than 370 people have been killed in Russian air strikes, monitoring groups said, mostly from Homs.

Also in northern Homs, Militants loyal to Bashar al-Assad have kidnapped 20 women to press on rebels freeing regime army corpses who were killed in the ongoing clashes, activists said.

Rebels on Thursday have killed 15 regime army soldiers in the ongoing clashes near Homs, destroying 7 tanks and vehicles.

Almost 80 percent of Russia's declared targets in Syria have been in areas not held by Islamic State, a Reuters analysis of Russian Defence Ministry data shows, undermining Moscow's assertions that its aim is to defeat the group.

Russian Defense Ministry official, Igor Konashenkov, on Thursday denied U.S. allegations that the Russian military had used cluster bombs in populated areas in Syria, RIA news agency reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad had told him he was ready to talk to armed opposition groups if they are genuinely committed to dialogue and to combating Islamic State, Reuters reported.



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