TUNIS: Syria has pulled its forces outside of Hama to save civilian lives, Syrian Defense Minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas said in an address to t...
TUNIS: Syria has pulled its forces outside of Hama to save civilian lives, Syrian Defense Minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas said in an address to the people of the country.
"We have good positions on the battlefield. Our armed forces have been redeployed for the sake of saving lives," he was quoted as saying by the SANA news agency.
According to the minister, the army moved its forces out of the city of Hama "to save civilian lives."
The minister warned that terrorists are working to take advantage of the current situation in their media efforts and are conducting a disinformation campaign against the Syrian people and the armed forces.
"These organizations may resort to publishing false statements or orders on behalf of the General Command of the armed forces, as well as audio recordings or videos created with the help of artificial intelligence," he said.
The minister called on civilians and military personnel in Syria to "understand the danger of this misleading campaign, not to believe it and be guided exclusively by what is published through official national channels."
On November 27, the Jabhat al-Nusra extremist group (banned in Russia) carried out a major attack in northern Syria. The Syrian military command later said the army had to fall back from Aleppo to regroup and prepare for a counterattack.
On December 5, the command of the Syrian Armed Forces announced that militants infiltrated into several neighborhoods of Hama. According to a statement from the command, government forces in charge of defending Hama were pulled out of the city.
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