Fierce clashes raged around the town of Morek on the
strategic road between Hama and Idlib, which the army needs in order to supply
a base in the province.
The army has been trying to capture Morek and secure
the road, but the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels had launched a preemptive attack to
seize another point on the road -- Khan Sheikhun -- enabling them to block the
route even if Morek fell.
The Observatory said 15 soldiers were killed in
fighting on the road on Wednesday and overnight, adding that regime aircraft
were bombing the area around Khan Sheikhun on Thursday. AFP
Zaman Alwasl
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