Sputnik.png Syrian Army Begins Large-Scale Military Operation in Homs Province Sputnik, Moscow, 15 October 2015 Two villages have been liberated so far during the offensive against terrorist groups controlling territory in Syria's Homs province, according to military sources. Syrian government troops began a large-scale operation north of the central Syrian city of Homs on Thursday morning, a Syrian military source told RIA Novosti. syrian-map.jpg The military operation in Homs is the third major Syrian army offensive since the beginning of October. Groups including al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front are known to control parts of the northern Homs province. "At 05:30 our army began a large-scale operation in the north of the Homs Governorate. The village of Haldiye and another neighbouring village were freed. The situation on the front line at the moment is excellent," the military source told RIA Novosti. Reuters cited Syrian television as saying that the operation began after "concentrated air strikes and heavy preparatory artillery shelling on the terrorist groupings and their bases." The Syrian army's first major October offensive began in neighbouring Hama, where the army liberated at least 10 villages and moved north toward the Idlib province. The second offensive began in the Jobar suburb of Damascus, which is suspected to be the source of mortar and missile attacks against government-held areas, including the Russian embassy. From: <http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151015/1028548454/syrian-army-homs-oper ation.html> http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151015/1028548454/syrian-army-homs-opera tion.html -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
