(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 16 fighters of regime allied militia have been killed and wounded in rebels' counter-attack on regime-held villages in rural Hama goveronate, activists said Saturday.
Rebels of the northern countryside of Homs have attacked two checkpoints of National Defense forces in the Ismaili-domianted village of Tel Derra and Ayn al-Dananeer villages in the nearby countryside of Hama.
At least16 NDF members were killed, activists reported.
Rebels said the attack was in response to NDF's ambush last Monday that killed 14 civilians in the northern countryside of Homs as they were fleeing the embattled rebel-held area to Idlib province.
On Friday, at least 18 civilians killed in Russian air strikes on the besieged countryside of Homs, activists and monitoring group said.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights and local activists said 16 people killed on Friday in missile attack on al-Ghanto town.
Two more victims were killed in the nearby Dar al-Kabira town due to the aerial bombing.
Meanwhile, the military offensive by Syrian regime forces and allied forces have cut supply routes to 120,000 people in the northern countryside since mid-January, causing a risk of hunger and deaths due to lack of medical care, the United Nations said Thursday.
"There are reports of increasingly acute shortages of food, basic commodities, medical items and fuel in the area. With the irregular supply routes used until mid-January now cut off, food items that are still available are now being sold at much higher prices," said the report by the U.N. humanitarian office.
Rebels of the northern countryside of Homs have attacked two checkpoints of National Defense forces in the Ismaili-domianted village of Tel Derra and Ayn al-Dananeer villages in the nearby countryside of Hama.
At least16 NDF members were killed, activists reported.
Rebels said the attack was in response to NDF's ambush last Monday that killed 14 civilians in the northern countryside of Homs as they were fleeing the embattled rebel-held area to Idlib province.
On Friday, at least 18 civilians killed in Russian air strikes on the besieged countryside of Homs, activists and monitoring group said.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights and local activists said 16 people killed on Friday in missile attack on al-Ghanto town.
Two more victims were killed in the nearby Dar al-Kabira town due to the aerial bombing.
Meanwhile, the military offensive by Syrian regime forces and allied forces have cut supply routes to 120,000 people in the northern countryside since mid-January, causing a risk of hunger and deaths due to lack of medical care, the United Nations said Thursday.
"There are reports of increasingly acute shortages of food, basic commodities, medical items and fuel in the area. With the irregular supply routes used until mid-January now cut off, food items that are still available are now being sold at much higher prices," said the report by the U.N. humanitarian office.
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