Group of Assad militia men killed in Hama northern countryside

An offensive was launched by Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham on the Assad regime's positions in the front of al-Masaseneh. At least 18 Assad militia men were killed, including officers. One Assad member was captured. 

The group said that the offensive came after the nonstop attacks were launched by the Assad militias on the towns and villages of Hama northern countryside and Idlib countryside, killing and injuring dozens of civilians.    

Pro-Assad regime's Facebook pages confirmed the death of 18 militia men, describing the attackers who killed them as "terrorists". 

Hama northern countryside in one of the zones of de-escalation reached by the guarantor states, Turkey and Russia last September.