Upon the directives of President Bashar al-Assad, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces, Defense Minister Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayoub paid a field visit to military combating formations in Hama, Idleb and Lattakia countryside.

Meeting army commanders and combatants on the frontlines, Ayoub was briefed on the procedures undertaken to enhance combat preparedness and keep it at high levels to eradicate terrorist presence on the entire Syrian soil.