(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syrian regime is massing troops and fighters from allied Shiite militias in Joreen camp in Ghab Plain, a move seeks to launch major offensive on rebels in Hama province, a military source said.
The army officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the planned offensive to be led by Russia to recapture the northern countryside of Hama and the southern countryside of Idlib province.
Russia, the de facto ruling group in Syria, is taking advantage of the 'Cessation of Hostilities' ceasefire agreement that took to effect on February 27.
Mobilization and regrouping are by 'leaps and bounds,' the source added.
Russia's Defense Ministry said on Thursday that Russian military advisers played a direct role in planning the operation to liberate the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State militants, Reuters reported.
Russian warplanes carried out a total of around 500 sorties, hitting more than 2,000 Islamic State targets in Palmyra's area in the period of March 7-27, the ministry said in a statement.
Meanwhile, first units of Russian demining experts have arrived in Syria to demine Palmyra, Russian news agencies quoted the Defense Ministry as saying on Thursday.
in eastern Syria, at least 21 Islamic State members were killed in air strikes in the city of Deir al-Zor, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not clear which country's air force carried out the strikes on an Islamic State base in al-Husseiniya, a northwestern district of Deir al-Zor.
Fifteen of the dead Islamic State militants were foreigners, and some had already been buried, it said. It was not immediately possible to verify the report by the Observatory, which monitors Syria's conflict through a network of sources across the country.
The army officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the planned offensive to be led by Russia to recapture the northern countryside of Hama and the southern countryside of Idlib province.
Russia, the de facto ruling group in Syria, is taking advantage of the 'Cessation of Hostilities' ceasefire agreement that took to effect on February 27.
Mobilization and regrouping are by 'leaps and bounds,' the source added.
Russia's Defense Ministry said on Thursday that Russian military advisers played a direct role in planning the operation to liberate the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State militants, Reuters reported.
Russian warplanes carried out a total of around 500 sorties, hitting more than 2,000 Islamic State targets in Palmyra's area in the period of March 7-27, the ministry said in a statement.
Meanwhile, first units of Russian demining experts have arrived in Syria to demine Palmyra, Russian news agencies quoted the Defense Ministry as saying on Thursday.
in eastern Syria, at least 21 Islamic State members were killed in air strikes in the city of Deir al-Zor, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was not clear which country's air force carried out the strikes on an Islamic State base in al-Husseiniya, a northwestern district of Deir al-Zor.
Fifteen of the dead Islamic State militants were foreigners, and some had already been buried, it said. It was not immediately possible to verify the report by the Observatory, which monitors Syria's conflict through a network of sources across the country.
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