It did not take long for the Syrian Armed Forces to capitalize on the Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Jabhat Al-Nusra’s” poor frontline defenses near the strategic town of Zayzoun, as soldiers from the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and National Defense Forces (NDF) surprised the enemy combatants with another night assault in the Idlib Governorate’s countryside.
The small offensive near Zayzoun was led by the Syrian Arab Army’s “Tiger Forces” and the 87th Brigade of the 11th Tank Division, while under the direct command of Colonel Suheil Al-Hassan (Tiger Forces) and Captain Lu’ayy Al-Sleitan (Tiger Forces); this assault was conducted at night to evade the powerful anti-tank TOW missiles used by the western-backed Islamist militias.