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LATAKIA Calgary Flames Jersey , Syria, May 27 (Xinhua) -- They withstood heavy shelling and several suicide bombings for almost a month, but when they heard the drilling sound beneath them, hundreds of soldiers realized that it was about time to make an escape from their last facility in a northwestern city before the rebels could detonate a network of booby-trapped tunnels under them.


"We decided to withdraw from the National Hospital when we realized that the militants were digging tunnels beneath the hospital to blow it up. We used to hear the drilling sounds almost on daily basis and each day the sound would be heard under different rooms in what appeared to be the militants moving forward in their drilling," Ali Jason Pominville Jersey , a Syrian soldier told Xinhua at the military hospital of Latakia city, where most of the Syrian soldiers who succeeded to withdraw from the National Hospital of the rebel-held Jisr al-Shughour city were taken.


Ali said the militants told them to surrender almost every day during the month-long siege "but we paid no heed to their warnings and threats."


"However when we heard the digging, we knew that we could do nothing about it and that we had to leave because we would either be killed in a possible blast or buried under the rubble," he said.


Escaping the National Hospital of Jisr al-Shughour city in the countryside of the northwestern province of Idlib was nearly impossible, as the facility was under siege from all directions by the militants Jack Eichel Jersey , after the downfall of the entire city in April. The al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front and likeminded groups hadn't spared a chance to storm the facility and capture the soldiers and officers inside, either by heavy shelling, or sending suicide car bombers to rip through the gates.


But their attempts were rendered flat due to the strong fortification of the hospital and the good amount of ammunition the soldiers stored inside.


Between 450 and 500 soldiers and civilians were holed up in that hospital, which was subject to heavy shelling and explosions.


On May 22, the official Syrian TV said the Syrian army unit inside the hospital broke the month-long rebel siege Buffalo Sabres Jersey , managing to secure a way out for tens of trapped soldiers to reach the nearest military point in Idlib under heavy fire cover by the Syrian air force and artillery.


The soldiers who reached the military points in Idlib were later taken to the military hospital of the coastal city of Latakia.


"Our mission to withdraw from the hospital was extremely difficult as we had to leave at 8 am with the armed militants everywhere around us from all directions," Ali recounted, saying he was among the first group leaving the hospital, as the army unit there decided to split as part of a military tactic.


"The armed militants spotted us and started shooting at us, injuring and killing many of our comrades David Pastrnak Jersey ," said the solider, who received a gunshot in his hand while he was retreating.


Ali said he and his comrades tried their best to maintain a high spirit when they were under siege, or even when the withdrawal operation started.


"I won't lie to you and say that our spirits were always high. Sometimes we feel stressed out... but we would always try to create a positive atmosphere, so we used to sing and dance as if we were at home."


However, the young soldier said his hope faded when a bullet pierced through his arm during the hours-long withdrawal.


"I was always hopeful that I would make it out and reach the military Brad Marchand Jersey , but when I was shot in the hand, my hope is fading because I could no longer be able to use my rifle... any militant could have killed me," he said.


"When we got close to the military points, our comrades started covering us by shooting at the militants until my group could make it to the military post. We have reached the military position and it was like a new life has started," Ali said Tuukka Rask Jersey , wrapping us his story.


Laying down on a hospital bed with bandages, Haidar, another solider, told Xinhua that the majority of the militants who were attempting to attack the hospital were foreigners.


"Throughout the month-long siege, the terrorist groups were using all kinds of weapons Patrice Bergeron Jersey , car bombs and artillery against us on daily basis. The majority of the militants were foreigners; Turks, Afghans, or Chechens... So these foreign groups were fighting, shelling us, and attempt to storm the hospital Boston Bruins Jersey ," he said.


He recounted how the Syrian soldiers would react when the rebels would send a booby-trapped vehicle to blow up the hospital.


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