Jihadist rebels recapture town from Syrian armyNovember 15, 2017 - 14:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham terrorist group launched a swift counter-attack in the northeastern countryside of Hama on Wednesday, November 15, resulting in the recapture of one town from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), Al-Masdar News reports. Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham began the attack by storming the Syrian Army’s positions at the town of Sarha Al-Shmaliyah; this resulted in a short battle. Unable to hold the town, the Syrian Army withdrew from Sarha Al-Shmaliyah. In addition to losing Sarha Al-Shmaliyah, the Syrian Army recently lost the town of Hasrat, which is located at the eastern axis of this HTS pocket in northeastern Hama. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |