Al-Qaeda-linked group retakes 30 towns from Islamic State in Hama![]() October 25, 2017 - 13:27 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Al-Qaeda linked Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham rebel faction released an info-graph on Tuesday that showed everything their forces captured from the Islamic State (IS) in the eastern countryside of the Hama Governorate recently, Al-Masdar News reports. Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham claimed their forces seized more than 30 towns from the Islamic State, while conducting a counter-offensive in eastern Hama. The battle in northeast Hama between IS and HTS is still ongoing, as the former still controls at least 10 towns near the Idlib Governorate border. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |