Hello and welcome to the 604th installment of the SWD .

Military events/news are listed below by the governorates:

Aleppo:

Vehicle-borne improvised explosive device wounded a civilian in Al-Kournish street of Al-Bab city.

Approximate situation in northern Aleppo. Source: Syrian Civil War Map

Idlib:

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham reportedly arrested 12 elements of the Islamic State in the village of Tell Mannas in eastern Idlib.

Hama:

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham reportedly conducted a raid against a Syrian Arab Army’s military operations room in the village of Al-Tarabie in northern Hama. According to reports, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham conducted the raid as a response to the yesterday’s raid by the Syrian Arab Army on a military position of the Free Syrian Army’s Jaysh al-Izza. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s Ibaa News Agency claimed that 18 elements of the Syrian Arab Army and seven elements of the Russian Armed Forces were allegedly killed in the raid.

Improvised explosive device killed six civilians on a road between Al-Zaghba and Al-Zafariya villages in northeastern Hama.

Russian Military Police reportedly closed the Morek – Souran crossing in northern Hama, after yesterday’s raid by the Syrian Arab Army. The crossing remains open on rebel side.

Al-Suwayda:

Islamic State’s Amaq Agency stated that around ten elements of the Syrian Arab Army were killed in clashes around Tell al-Safa in eastern Al-Suwayda.

Afghanistan

Nangarhar Province:

Afghan National Security Forces killed three elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) in Khogyani district.

Islamic State’s improvised explosive device wounded three elements of the Afghan Local Police in Mazarin area of Nazyan district.

Approximate situation in Nangarhar province (red = Afghan National Security Forces, blue = Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, and yellow = Islamic State), HD version of this map can be found here. Source: Afganistan Bülteni

Logar Province:

Afghan National Security Forces killed four elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Baraki Barak district. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan killed two and wounded one element of the Afghan Local Police in Baraki Barak district.

Badghis Province:

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan overran an Afghan National Army’s base and three checkpoints in Qadis district. According to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s Al-Emarah News, 11 elements of the Afghan National Army were killed and 15 wounded, as well as five vehicles destroyed in the encounter. Two elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan were killed and four wounded in the encounters.

Ghazni Province:

Afghan National Security Forces killed 16 and wounded six elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Waghaz and Andar districts.

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ambushed an Afghan National Security Forces’ supply convoy in Muqur district, reportedly killing nine and wounding six elements, as well as destroying five armored vehicles in the ambush.

Paktika Province:

Afghan National Security Forces killed two elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and destroyed a vehicle in Gomal district.

Farah Province:

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s Al-Emarah News stated that the head of Khaki Safed district, Muhammad Khan and five elements of the Afghan National Army surrendered to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Approximate situation in Farah province, HD version of this map can be found here. Source: Afganistan Bülteni

Helmand Province:

Afghan National Security Forces killed 16 and wounded three elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as well as defused ten improvised explosive devices in Kajaki and Nawa-I-Barakzayi districts.

Approximate situation in Helmand province, HD version of this map can be found here. Source: Afganistan Bülteni

Kandahar Province:

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan overran an Afghan National Army’s Kafir Band checkpoint in Maghulgyano area of Arghistan district. Seven elements of the Afghan National Army were killed, one wounded, and one arrested, as well as a vehicle destroyed in the encounter. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan seized two PK machine guns and nine assault rifles from the checkpoint.

CJTF-OIR :

CJTF-OIR announced a change in their publishing policy. Now one strike report will be published each week on Mondays.

Amaq Agency:

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