Provinces, SANA – The Syrian Arab Army continued carrying out counterterrorism operations across the country on Saturday, resulting in the death of scores of terrorists and the destruction of several of their vehicles.
Damascus Countryside
Army units pursued terrorists in the southern part of the Eastern Ghouta area, killing many of them in the farms of Deir al-Asafir and Zebdin.
In Jobar area, an army unit destroyed a terrorist hideout along with the weapons and ammo inside it east of Maysaloun Roundabout, killing and injuring a number of terrorists, while more terrorists were killed and their weapons were destroyed east of Taameh building in the town of Zamalka at the outskirts of Eastern Ghouta.
Another army unit clashed with terrorists near Abu al-Sideek Mosque in Harasta area, killing a number of terrorists including Ayman Dahdouh, and destroying their weapons and ammo.
In the town of Daraya, an army unit clashed with terrorists southeast of Sayyeda Sukaina Shrine, killing and injuring a number of them, while another unit destroyed a vehicle along with the weapons and ammo inside it and killed three terrorists in al-Hajar al-Aswad east of Daraya.
In al-Kisweh area, an army unit destroyed a number of terrorist hideouts and left many terrorists dead or injured in the town of al-Tibeh.
In the northern part of al-Qalamoun area, the army killed a number of terrorists and injured others outside the towns of al-Jebbeh and al-Mashrafeh which are located 10 km and 7 km from the Lebanese borders, respectively.
Popular defense groups assisted by the authorities arrested two terrorists, killed four others, and confiscated eight assault rifles in a raid on terrorist hideouts near al-Tadamon area. Terrorist organizations’ social networks pages acknowledged the death of two of its members, Nawras Samara and Mustafa Hamdi, in the area.
Idleb
Army units destroyed two vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns which were used by terrorists in Tal Salmo area in the eastern part of Idleb province, leaving many terrorists dead or injured.
The army also eliminated tens of terrorists in an ambush west of Abu al-Duhour military airport and destroyed two vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns, in addition foiling an attack by terrorists on the airport which left several terrorists dead or injured.
Terrorist organizations’ social networking pages acknowledged the death of several of its members in Idleb province, including Abu Asid al-Jazrawi, Abdelmajid Ahmad al-Hbeish, Mohammad Khaled Hosrom, Ahmad Abdelqader Wahbi, Abdelrahim Shoushan, Ahmad al-Abdo, Ahmad Haitham Haj Mousa, Anas Dabbas, Abdelkarim Haj Ahmad, Omar Abdelhalim Alious, and Yousef Yehea Qerbi, while activists said that a leader of the so-called Islam Army known as Abu al-Hassan al-Turki was killed in al-Arbayeen Mountain.
Daraa
An army unit eliminated a number of terrorists on the road between al-Ghariyat and al-Hirak in Daraa’s eastern countryside, resulting in the destruction of several motorbikes and a truck along with the weapons and ammo inside.
Terrorist organizations’ social networking pages acknowledged the death of several of its members in Daraa including Bassel Marwan al-Zoubi after he was transported to a hospital in Jordan.
Deir Ezzor
Army units eliminated a number of ISIS terrorists, injured others, and destroyed their hideouts and eight vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns in the areas of al-Maryaiye and its farms, al-Shouleh, al-Mayadin, Huwaijet Saqr, Kabajeb, al-Jafra, east of Ayyash village, and near the Deir Ezzor-Palmyra road, in addition to destroying a boat transporting terrorists on the Euphrates River.
Homs
Army units destroyed three vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns used by terrorists and killed many terrorists in the villages of Oum al-Rish, al-Mhsairfeh, Salam Sharqi, and Mas’ada in Homs’ eastern countryside.
Other units continued pursuing terrorists in Jeb al-Jarrah area 80 km east of Homs city, while another unit repelled a terrorist attack on military points in Talbiseh 13 km north of Homs, resulting in the death of several terrorists.
On a relevant note, terrorists fired rocket shells from Oum al-Rish village at the village of Khattab and from Ein Hussein village on Ein al-Dananir village, causing material damages.
Hazem Sabbagh