In a matter of 48 hours, the Islamist rebels of Jabhat Al-Nusra (Syrian Al-Qaeda group) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) have watched the Syrian Arab Army’s 103rd Brigade of the Republican Guard, the National Defense Forces (NDF) and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) quickly surround their long-standing stronghold of Salma in the Latakia Governorate’s northeastern countryside.
On Sunday morning, Al-Masdar News reported the powerful assault launched by the Syrian Arab Army’s 103rd Brigade; however, this was only the beginning of what turned out to be one of the largest attacks conducted by the pro-government forces at the strategic town of Salma in the Kurdish Mountains (Jabal Al-Akrad).