Hawzah News Agency (Hama, Syria) - The sources reported that Abu Qeis al-Salbawi, the security commander of ISIS (or Daesh terrorist group) in the terrorist-held town of Aqayrabat in Eastern Hama, has been killed by unknown attackers along with two of his aides.

In the meantime, the Syrian army troops engaged in fierce clashes with ISIS along the oil pipeline East of the town of al-Salamiyah, killing and wounding a number of terrorists and seizing a BMP vehicle.

Also, a military source confirmed that the army men took back the positions lost to the ISIL in areas surrounding the oil pipeline and fortified them.

Meanwhile, the Syrian air force carried out several combat sorties over ISIS's strongholds in the villages of Junb al-Albawi, Abu Hanaya, Salba and Abu Habilat in Eastern Hama, inflicting major losses on the terrorists. 

Field sources said on Friday that the pro-Damascus Palestinian fighters of Liwa al-Quds stormed Daesh's defense lines in the Eastern direction of the town of al-Salamiyah, inflicting a large number of casualties on the terrorists.

Liwa al-Quds combatants engaged in fierce clashes with ISIS near the key town of Aqayrabat, the last main stronghold of ISIS in Hama province, and managed to kill a large number of terrorists, including two commanders.

The Palestinian fighters further pushed Daesh back from their positions in the region.