Roach problem? No problem. Call 1-800-RUSSIA
One reason for the lack of progress: Russian meddling. (As usual.)
HTS, the "latest incarnation of Al-Qaeda", assembled upwards of 10,000 jihadists in an attempt to seize Hama.
As usual, Russia crashed the party:
(We've found Inside Source to be highly reliable in the past, by the way.)
And according to Al Masdar News, the Syrian Arab Army cleaned up:
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) resumed their counter-offensive in northern Hama this morning after repelling a major assault by the jihadist rebels of Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham near the village of Khattab.
Led by the Tiger Forces and 11th Tank Division, the Syrian Arab Army launched a powerful assault at the village of Khattab this morning, targeting the jihadist defenses west of Qomhana.
Unable to maintain control over their fractured front-lines, the jihadist rebels of Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham and Jaysh Al-Nasr withdrew from Khattab, leaving the entire village to the advancing Syrian Arab Army units.
Just another day at the office for the Russian Air Force.
Your average MSM-fed American likely thinks that all this PTB contrived crap/evil war in syria had to do with upset local citizens rising up - i.e., 'rebels.' However, I'd bet the vast majority of these scum are from places distant not even contiguous to Syria. Rather, after raising hell in Libya and Europe et al., they got flown in to NATO's air base, and there the cockroach colony was let free. (After being told were their food and money was waiting for them: in Syria or Mosul.)
Most Americans think America is and always has been mostly a good guy as to both matters domestic and foreign. And I think that up through the formation of the Fed, that is true. After that, a closer version of the 'real' truth was known by few, until the net gave us the top to bottom picture of reality on the ground and reality as espoused by our supposed 'leaders.'
At the same time there are very , very few, If any who will learn anything from what I just bothered to think/write, as it is not in the MSM's reality that they have bought into.
R.C.