Over 2,000 terrorists killed in Syrian Army's weeklong operation in Hama

The Syrian Defense Ministry announced that a sum of 2,200 terrorists of the Al-Nusra Front (also known as Fatah al-Sham Front or the Levant Liberation Board) and its affiliated groups have been killed in the Syrian Army forces' operations in Hama province since last Thursday.

"The Al-Nusra Front's losses from March 23 to March 29 in Northern Hama include 2,200 casualties, destruction of 15 tanks, 11 armored vehicles, 107 cars, 12 ammunition depots, 17 mortars and six rocket launchers," the ministry said in a report.

On Tuesday, the Russian General Staff said that a group of 10,000 ex-Nusra Front militants attempted to capture the Syrian city of Hama, but failed after losing over 2,100 militants.

Terrorist sources confirmed on Wednesday that a sum of 69 terrorists, including several top leaders and commanders, were killed and many more were wounded in the Syrian Army's ground and air assaults North of Hama province in the last week.

The coordination center of the terrorists confirmed that a sum of 69 militants, including 10 of their leaders, were killed and dozens more were wounded during the battle with the Syrian army in several villages North and North-East of Hama province from March 21 to 28, 2017.

Meantime, army sources also reported that the Syrian Air Force targeted terrorists’ gatherings and positions in the towns and villages of Al-Azwar, Khattab, Latamina and Kafr Zita in Northern Hama.

They added that Abdullah al-Hamoud Abu Arabi, a notorious commander of Jeish al-Izzah terrorist group, has been killed in clashes with the army soldiers North of Hama.

In another assault the army killed another military commander of the Al-Sham Liberation terrorist organization, Haitham Seifou al-Deeb nom de guerre Abu Qudama, in the same region, said the army report.