This past weekend has been full of surprises, including the resurgence of the Syrian Armed Forces in northern Syria after six months of consistent losses to the Islamist rebel forces; this includes the loss of the Idlib Governorate and the Al-Ghaab Plains of the Hama Governorate.
However, their string of bad luck seems to be past them, thanks in large part to the recent participation of Russian forces inside country.
With the Russian Air Force conducting dozens of airstrikes around Syria each day, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies have been able to capitalize on their enemy’s misfortunes; this is most evident in the Latakia and Hama Governorate’s of northern Syria.
On Thursday morning, the Syrian Armed Forces captured Kafr Ajouz after intense firefights with the Islamist rebels of the Free Syrian Army’s “Coastal Brigades” and the Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Jabhat Al-Nusra”.