On the morning of Christmas Eve, the militants from the Al-Nusra Front (Jabhat Al-Nusra) and the Liberators of the Levant Movement (Harakat ‘Ahrar Al-Sham) attempted to infiltrate into the northern Latakia city of Kassab from the Turkish border; however, they were repelled by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) as soon as they approached Eagle Mountain (Jabal Al-Nissr).