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06Mar16


Syrian Planes Drop More "Surrender Now" Leaflets over Militants in Idlib


The Syrian aircraft dropped the leaflets over the terrorist groups' stronghold in Jisr al-Shughour and Jabal al-Zaviyeh reading "surrender now; you have nowhere to go".

The leaflets urged the militants to withdraw Jisr al-Shughour region that will be the target of the Syrian army's large-scale offensives in the coming days.

Reports said earlier today that the Syrian Army troops and their popular allies continued to press on the militant groups deployed in the Northeastern parts of Lattakia and the Southern parts of Idlib provinces.

"The Terrorist groups in Northeastern Lattakia have retreated from village-to-village as the Syrian government forces continued their wide-scale advance to the Turkish and Idlib province borders," the sources said.

"The Syrian army, the National Defense Forces (NDF), the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP), the Syrian Marines, and the 48th Special Forces Regiment have stormed the militant groups' defense line at two different fronts that ultimately lead to Jisr al-Shughour," the sources added.

"The army continued to pound l-Nusra Front's lines of defense at the strategic mountaintop town of Kabani in Jabal al-Akrad, while the 48th Special Forces Regiment and their allies attacked the terrorist group along the Aleppo-Lattakia Highway (M-4 Highway)," they said.

"The Syrian army advancing along several hilltops surrounding Kabani; this town is situated to the Southwest of Jisr al-Shughour and to the West of al-Sirmaniyah. Al-Sirmaniyah is one of the villages needed by the Syrian Armed Forces to advance on Jisr Al-Shughour's Southern side," the sources went on to say.

"Meanwhile, along the Aleppo-Lattakia Highway, the 48th Special Forces Regiment and their allies continued their assault on 'Ein al-Baydha in Idlib province, destroying several enemy mechanisms while pushing further North. Unlike the 103rd Brigade's advance from the South, the 48th Special Forces Regiment is pushing towards Jisr al-Shughour's Western side; this is the gateway to the city because of the high ground that it possesses," the sources said.

The Syrian Armed Forces can pressure Jisr Al-Shughour from the south, but they can only retake the city with the western flank.

[Source: Fars News Agency, Tehran, 06Mar16]

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