HAMA (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 10 Syrian regime troops on Sunday have been killed by rebels at al-Sutaihat front, east Hama province, activists said.
The western and northern countryside of Hama also witnessed heavy clashes between Islamist rebels led by al-Qaeda wing al-Nusra Front and regime army backed by Lebanese Hezbollah movement and National Defence militia.
Hama Media Center reported on Sunday that 4 women and an old man were killed by regime shelling on al-Karim village.
Meanwhile, regime forces are mobilizing troops to overrun the town of Kafr Zeita, a week after seizing control of neighboring town of Morek in the northern countryside.
Kafr Zeita, the stubborn rebel stronghold for over two years, is facing an imminent threat to fall down as militants loyal to Bashar al-Assad are gathering from the next-door Alawite villages to join fighting.
Pro-regime activists lauded the ‘bravery’ of Colonel Suhail al-Hassan, Assad’s sincere man and Hama Operations Commander for his rapid advances.
Clashes in Hama Front have sparked after calm between Assad's forces and rebels in the historic province which had witnessed bloody clashes and memorable protests at the beginning of Syrian uprising in 2011.
Meanwhile, more than 191,000 people killed and over 10 million forced to flee their homes.
Reporting by Mohamed Yateem; Editing by Anwar Diab
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