On Thursday, the Syrian armed opposition sent a message of reassurance to the embassies of foreign countries in the Syrian capital, Damascus, that what it described as “the expected change in Syria does not mean the collapse of state institutions.”
She said that she is “committed to working to strengthen regional and international relations and developing partnerships that serve stability.”
This message of reassurance came after the opposition’s Joint Operations Department announced earlier Thursday that it was able to enter the city of Hama and take full control of it.
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The military spokesman for the joint operations room for the “Deterring Aggression” battle led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Abdul Ghani, announced on Thursday, “The city of Hama was completely liberated, after our forces successfully completed the combing operations.”
Abdul Ghani added: “Homs is awaiting the arrival of our forces.”
Hama Governorate is located in central Syria, about 150 km from Aleppo in the north, and 200 km from the Syrian capital, Damascus, in the south. It is separated from the coast, the stronghold of the Syrian regime, by less than 100 km, and this gives it a strategic location to influence many political and military dynamics.
The Syrian regime’s news agency (SANA) announced the withdrawal of army units from the city of Hama, after fierce battles on several fronts in central Syria.
The “General Command of the Army and Armed Forces” issued a statement from Damascus, in which it confirmed “the redeployment and repositioning outside the city,” in order “to preserve the lives of civilians from the people of the city of Hama, and not to drag them into battles inside the cities.”
The statement added: “Over the past days, our armed forces have fought fierce battles to repel and thwart the violent and successive attacks on the city of Hama from various axes, and in huge numbers, using all means and military equipment,” noting that “during the past hours, with the intensification of confrontations, and the rise in numbers Of the deaths among our forces, these groups were able to penetrate and enter several areas in the city, despite incurring heavy losses among their ranks.”
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On November 27, the opposition factions under the “Military Operations Department,” led by “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham,” began a military operation against the regime and the Iranian militias supporting it under the name “Deterring Aggression,” which resulted in their control of the city of Aleppo, the second. The largest city in Syria, in addition to its control over the entire administrative Idlib, and its reach to the borders of Hama.
On Sunday, the Syrian National Army, a group of local factions supported by Turkey, began another military operation under the name “Dawn of Freedom” against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Kurdish People’s Protection Units, which led to extending its control over the city of Tal Rifaat and villages and towns in the countryside. Eastern Aleppo.
