The battle for the northeastern front of the Al-Quneitra Governroate has recently intensified, as the militants from the Free Syrian Army’s “Southern Front” and the Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Jabhat Al-Nusra” have recently shifted their focus to the towns of Beit Jinn, Hadar, Jabatha Al-Khashab, and Ouwfaniyah in the eastern countryside of Syria’s Golan Heights.
After failing to capture the strategic hills of Tal Kroum and Tal Baraq last week, the FSA’s Southern Front followed up with a successful assault at Tal Al-Hamr, where they were able to secure this steep hilltop, only to relinquish control of the area after a powerful counter-attack was launched by the Syrian Arab Army’s 167th Brigade of 7th Mechanized Division and Liwaa Suqour Al-Quneitra (Al-Quneitra Hawks Brigade) on Thursday.