Provinces, SANA – Terrorists are reeling as the army units have been advancing recently, assuming control of an increasing number of areas, mostly in the course of the operations in the southern region, Aleppo in the north and around oil and gas fields in Homs.
Damascus countryside
Units of the Army and armed forces killed a number of Saudi terrorists from the so-called Liwa al-Islam and others from Jabhat al-Nusra during special military operations against their gatherings in eastern al-Ghouta and al-Qalamoun Mountains in Damascus countryside.
SANA field reporter said the army directed heavy strikes against dens of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists, killing a number of them at the entrance of Marj al-Sultan in al-Nashabiya to the south of al-Ghouta.
Nart Jawhar al-Khanouf, from Chechnya, was identified among the dead terrorists.
Meanwhile, the army struck a gathering for the so-called Liwa al-Islam terrorist organization in Kfar Batna town, killing many of them.
Zaid Awad al-Jheini, from Saudi Arabia, Lutfi al-Saour and Nihad al-Msouti were identified among the dead terrorists.
In Douma, fierce clashes took place between a unit of the army and a terrorist group in Aliya farms to the north of Douma where the army destroyed a vehicle equipped with heavy machine gun and killed a number of terrorists.
A number of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists were also killed in Asal al-Ward and Ras al-Maara in al-Qalamoun Mountains.
Army tightens control over two wells in Jizel oil field, Homs
Homs
An army unit tightened control over two wells in Jizel oil field and some heights in northeastern area of the province countryside, killing and injuring tens of terrorists, among them a terrorist of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria “ISIS” called Emir Mohamad Nabil Tarabulsi of Libyan nationality and another ISIS leader called Abdallah Abdel-Rahman Al-Majdi of Saudi nationality, a military source told SANA.
To the north of the province, the army launched a number of military operations against dens of Takfiri terrorists, including gatherings of Jabhat al-Nusra, so-called Homs Brigades and al-Farouk Brigades in Taldou and al-Taiba.
The source added that engineering units dismantled mines and explosives planted by terrorists of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Ebla gas pipelines to the west of Um al-Tababer in Homs Eastern countryside.
Meanwhile, Army units repelled an attack by a group of terrorists from ISIS against al-Mahr gas station in the surrounding of al-Shaer gas field in the eastern countryside of the central Homs province, killing all the terrorists.
On Tuesday, the army established full control over the gas well /101/ in the countryside of Palmyra and killed a number of terrorists in Jazal, Wadi al-Masek and the area surrounding the gas wells of al-Shaer field, which came into the army’s hands last November.
Army foils a terrorists’ attack against air intelligence building in Aleppo
Aleppo
Units of the army and armed forces foiled Wednesday an attack by terrorist organizations against Al-Maliya roundabout and an attempt to infiltrate into the building of air intelligence in Aleppo killing and injuring a large number of them.
“A unit of the army and armed forces foiled an attempt by terrorist organizations to infiltrate into the building of air intelligence in Aleppo, killing and injuring a large number of them”, a military source told SANA.
Meanwhile,”Units of the army and armed forces foiled a terrorists’ attack against al-Maliya Roundabout at the residential neighborhood of Zahraa to the west of Aleppo city”, SANA reporter quoted an official in Aleppo province as saying, adding that terrorists exploded a tunnel close to the roundabout while army forces foiled a terrorists’ attempt to sneak into the air intelligence building, killing a large number of terrorists and injuring others.
Some damage was caused to Orphans House in the area and the wall of the air intelligence.
Earlier, Army units destroyed a number of vehicles, some of them equipped with heavy machineguns, and killed numbers of terrorists in Khan ToUman, Shweihneh and al-Sheikh Lutfi in the countryside of the northern Aleppo province.
The army targeted and destroyed terrorists’ concentrations in Sheikh Suleiman and Khan Tuman to the southwest of Aleppo city and destroyed a number of vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns.
The army also targeted terrorists’ hideouts and concentrations in Shueihna and Sheikh Lutfi, leaving a number of terrorists dead or wounded.
Meanwhile, social media outlets affiliated to terrorist groups admitted that large numbers of terrorists were killed, including 6 of the so-called “al-Jabha al-Shamyeh” terrorist organization and a leader in the “Islam Army” terrorist group.
Daraa
The army destroyed a den for leaders of terrorist organizations, killing all of them in Zamreen, smashes a warehouse for munitions in al-Lajat in Daraa countryside.
Units of Army and Armed forces continued their intensive and accurate operations against terrorist organizations’ hideouts in Daraa countryside, inflicting heavy losses on them.
A number of terrorists were killed, others were injured and their ammo and weaponry were destroyed during special operations against their dens in Kafr Nasej town.
Army operations in Tal Hamad caused the death of terrorist organizations’ members.
In the northern countryside of Daraa, Army units carried out intensive operations, eliminating several terrorists in Salmin and Inkhel towns.
Terrorist organizations acknowledged on social media pages the death of a number of their members.
Fadi Yousef Sharaf was identified among the dead.
Meanwhile, a military source said an Army unit killed members of terrorist organizations on Tafas-Atman road.
Idleb
Army and Armed Forces units targeted terrorist organizations’ dens in Idleb countryside.
An Army unit eliminated terrorist organizations’ members, mostly from “Ahrar al-Sham” movement in the area surrounding Brouma Farms.
Takfiri terrorist organizations acknowledged on social media pages the death of many of their members in Ma’aret Misreen town, among them Omar Mattar.
Another Army unit targeted during a special operation terrorist gatherings, killing a number of terrorists in al-Bashyria village in Jisr al-Shughour area.
During Army operations against terrorist organizations’ hideouts, many terrorists were killed in Abu al-Dohour, al-Hamidia, Tal Salmo and Um Jrein.
Activists in social media sites said that families of Kafr Roma and Kafr Bateikh villages took to the streets to protest crimes committed by “Jabhat al-Nusra” terrorist organization and demanding the departure of terrorists from their villages.
A number of protestors were killed when terrorists used force to disperse the crowds.