Army repels terrorist attacks, eliminates their groups in various areas

Provinces, SANA – The army continued operations against positions of terrorist organizations in different areas across the country, repelling their attack attempts and eliminating many of their groups.

Daraa and Quneitra

An army unit destroyed vehicles for Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists, leaving all those on board dead, in Tal al-Mal in Daraa near the Israeli-occupied territories, a military source said.

Many terrorists were killed as an army unit carried out special operations against their positions to the west of al-Yadouda Camp in the western countryside of Daraa. The terrorists’ vehicles were destroyed, according to the source.

At the eastern entrance of Daraa city, an army unit killed a number of terrorists and destroyed their vehicles in western al-Nueimeh town, the source.

Terrorists were also targeted in different areas in Daraa al-Balad and Daraa al-Mahatta neighborhoods in the city.
In the neighboring Quneitra province, the army units killed many terrorists and destroyed their weapons and equipment in Mas’hara village and the strategic Tal al-Harra (hill).

Homs

Army units clashed with ISIS terrorists who were attempting to attack military points in the area surrounding Palmyra city in Homs.

A military source said a number of terrorists were killed, others were injured, and their ammo, weapons, and vehicles equipped with machineguns were destroyed during the clashes.

A unit of the army foiled infiltration attempts by terrorists into some  military points in al-Ghantu region in Homs countryside, killing a number of terrorists and injuring many others.

Another army unit thwarted ISIS terrorists’ attempt to infiltrate towards Palmyra city, eliminating many of them.
In the eastern countryside of Homs, the army carried out operations against ISIS gatherings in Rajm al-Qassr, Habra al-garbia, Um Sahrij, and Khatmalo, resulting in the death of many terrorists and the destruction of their weaponry and ammunition.

Media outlets confirmed the death of 115 ISIS members, 3 of them leaders in the organization, in al-Sukhna town and in Palmyra countryside.

Later, a military source told SANA that army units fortified their positions in the perimeter of Palmyra city, waging fierce battles against ISIS in the farms north and east of the city, killing and injuring scores of terrorists.

Another army unit destroyed 3 vehicles along with the ISIS terrorists on board in farms north of al-Ameriye and destroyed terrorist concentrations west of the dam checkpoint in Palmyra area.

Most recently, seven vehicles equipped with machineguns were destroyed, a number of terrorists were killed and others were injured during an Army airstrike that targeted a convoy for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on al-Sukhna- Hleihla axis in Palmyra countryside.

Aleppo

An army unit destroyed supply routes for terrorists of Jabhat al-Nusra and other organizations in targeting their hideouts in Azaz city in the northwestern countryside of Aleppo province.

The army operations in the southern countryside resulted in the killing of many terrorists and the destruction of their weapons and vehicles in the villages of Ebtin and Azzan, the source told SANA.

The terrorists also suffered heavy losses as the army units targeted their positions in Khan al-Assal in southwestern Aleppo.

Meanwhile, an army unit killed a number of terrorists and destroyed their hideouts and vehicles in special operations against their gatherings in the village of al-Ameriyeh in the southeastern countryside.

Terrorists’ hideouts, weapons and ammunition were destroyed in al-Mansourah village, 10 km west of Aleppo city.

Another army unit killed a number of ISIS terrorists near the Air Force Academy in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, while more terrorists were killed in the area surrounding Handarat in the north.

In Aleppo city, the source said a number of terrorists were killed and others were injured as the army targeted their gatherings in the neghborhoods of Bab al-Hadid, Karm Myasar, Karm al-Trab, al-Rashideen, Saif al-Dawleh, Sheikh Saeed and al-Shaar.

Hama

The army killed all members of a terrorist group while trying to infiltrate into a military post in Hama eastern countryside.

The army thwarted a terrorist attack on the villages of al-Mfakar al-Gharbi and al-Mfakar al-Sharaki in the eastern countryside of the central province of Hama.

Army units destroyed dens of Jabhat al-Nusra in al-Latamina, al-Ankawi and al-Marrana in Hama countryside, eliminating many terrorists.

Damascus countryside

An Army unit carried out an operation against a den for terrorist organizations, destroying a vehicle and eliminating a number of terrorists to the south of al-Nashabia town in eastern Ghouta, according to a military source.

Ahmad al-Rashidi from Yemen, Ziad Najajra from Jordan, Taha Omarein and Fares Rahmoon were identified among the dead.

In Douma, an Army unit eliminated 7 terrorists and destroyed a mortar cannon and a 100-meter-long tunnel which terrorists used for movement and transferring weapons and ammunition in al-Rayhan farms. Many terrorists were killed in Hawsh al-Fara Farms on the northeast outskirts of Douma city.

Dozens of terrorists were killed and others were injured during Army operations against their hideouts in Erbyn town.

In Qalamoun northern mountains, units of Army in cooperation with Lebanese resistance continued targeting terrorist organizations’ hideouts and gatherings in the hills surrounding Tallit Moussa hill in Qalamoun mountain ranges.

Idleb

A military source told SANA that army units waged fierce battles against terrorists north of al-Mastouma hill and at the outskirts of Falion village in Idleb countryside, preventing terrorists from infiltrating al-Mastouma village, inflicting heavy losses upon them.

The Syrian Arab Army’s Air Force eliminated terrorists in Failon, Qumainas, and north of al-Mastoumeh in Idleb countryside, destroying 5 vehicles equipped with machineguns used by Jabhet al-Nusra terrorists between Korin and Failon.

In the countryside of Jisr al-Shughour,the Army air force launched strikes against dens and gatherings of terrorist organizations in the area surrounding the National Hospital and Bashlamoun, Kastan al-Tahtani and Ayn al-Sawda villages.

Army seizes Israeli weapons in Idleb

An army unit repelled terrorists who tried to attack the villages of Kifr Najd and Nahlaya in Idleb southern countryside, killing and injuring large numbers of the assailants.

A field source told SANA reporter that the army combed large areas in the farms surrounding the two areas and seized weapons and ammunition, including 3 explosive devices-each weighing 30 kg, an Israeli-made cluster explosive containing 24,000 shrapnel, PKC machinegun, PRG rounds and various kinds of ammunition.

Hasaka

An army unit found on Monday 13 explosive devices while combing Rad Shakra village in the eastern countryside of Hasaka.

A source at Hasaka province told SANA that engineering units dismantled the explosive devices which were planted by terrorists from ISIS in houses and farms, before fleeing from the army or being killed in clashes.

Each explosive device contained large amounts of explosives and weighed between 25 and 50 kg, the source added.

An army unit thwarted a terrorist attack by ISIS on Saryein village in Hasaka southern countryside, killing and injuring a number of them and destroying their vehicles and weaponry.

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