Northern Hama countryside empty of Syria's rebels for 1st time since 2012

(190824) -- HAMA (SYRIA), Aug. 24, 2019 (Xinhua) -- A Turkish military observation point is seen in the town of Morek in the northern countryside of Hama province, Syria, on Aug. 24, 2019. The Syrian army on Friday fully secured the entire northern countryside of the central province of Hama for the first time since 2012, the state media reported. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)