On December 29, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces captured the strategic village of Abu Dali in the southern Idlib countryside, according to the SAA media department. The sources said that several fighters of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) were killed during the SAA attack on Abu Dali.
Abu Dali was captured by HTS in a rapid attack back on October 8. Since then, the strategic village has become a key defense point of HTS and its allies in southern Idlib.
Syrian pro-government sources also reported that the SAA and the Tiger Forces captured the villages of al-Hamdaniyah, Rumidin, al-Nasiryah and mount Daba’a in southern Idlib.