OSINT SUMMARY
1st January 2016, Syrian army has embarked on fresh military operation against positions Takfiri groups from several fronts.
The offensives have seen militant-held areas liberated and inflicting heavy losses on the terrorists.
Thursday 31st December 2015, Syria official SANA news agency reported that Syria army backed by fighters from allied popular defense groups managed to recapture control of Ghreemish, Zor al-Sous,al-Ziyadiyeh and al-Sheikh Abdullah districts in Hama Province.
Other districts and villages of Zur Sariheen, al-Maktout, Jenan, al-Sarmya, Ra’aboun, al-Makhrez and al-Muradiya in the eastern countryside of Hama were also liberated.
Army troops in a well orchestrated operation further killed a number of militants and dismantled explosive devices planted by terrorists in the recaptured areas.
Separately in Aleppo Province, the Syrian air force bombed Daesh hideouts in Afash, Deir Qaq, Aisheh, al-Hader and al-Bab areas, killing a number of militants and destroying their vehicles and equipment.
The army also targeted al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front positions in Karm al-Tarab, al-Sheikh Lutfi, Salah Eddin, al-Rashidin and Bani Zaid neighborhoods of Aleppo.
Syrian militancy has displaced more than 7.6 million people.
