Army restores security to al-Dekhaniyeh in Damascus Countryside, controls building blocks in Aleppo

Provinces, SANA – Units of the armed forces in cooperation with the national defense units restored security and stability to al-Dekhaniyeh neighborhood and the surrounding areas in Damascus Countryside on Monday, according to a military source.

SANA reporter quoted the source as saying that the army established full control over the neighborhood after eliminating large numbers of terrorists.

The army and engineering units are currently in the process of sweeping the area to remove the barriers as well as bombs and mines planted earlier by terrorists, the source noted.

SANA field reporter in al-Dekhaniyeh  said the army units discovered a number of tunnels and trenches dug by terrorists connecting building blocks on both sides of the main street in the neighborhood.

One of those tunnels, the reporter noted, extends between al-Dekhaniyeh and Wadi Ein Tarma and had been used by terrorists to move between al-Dekhaniyeh and Eastern Ghouta.

Explosive devices and gas cylinders packed with explosives had been planted inside the tunnels and trenches.

Meanwhile,  the army  gained control of a number of building blocks and the infirmary in Maissaloun area in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria.

According to a military source, a large number of terrorists were killed and many others were wounded during the operations that resulted in the army assuming control of the aforementioned areas in cooperation with the national defense groups.

Haifa Said

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