AhlulBayt News Agency - The Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Jabhat Al-Nusra” – backed by Jaysh Al-Turkmen and the Free Syrian Army’s “1st Coastal Brigade” – attempted to bypass the Syrian Arab Army’s defenses at the strategic mountaintop of Jabal Qal’at, resulting in a violent battle that only lasted for 3 hours on Wednesday afternoon.
According to a field report from the northern Latakia front, the Syrian Arab Army’s 48th Special Forces Regiment was able to spot the extremist rebels trying to infiltrate Jabal Qal’at’s northwestern perimeter, prompting them to attack the opposition forces before they could make any headway in the Kurdish Mountains (Jabal Al-Akrad).
The source added that 7 members of Jabhat Al-Nusra were picked-off by the Syrian Arab Army’s 48th Regiment before they frantically retreated towards the Aleppo-Latakia Highway (M-4 Highway).
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