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Provinces, SANA – Army units killed increasing numbers of terrorists as they continued operations in various areas, foiling several infiltration attempts.
Al-Zabadani, Damascus Countryside
An Army unit, in cooperation with Lebanese resistance, established control over Darb al-Sham and Boukin hill in al-Zabadani city and tightened its grip on al-Zabadani plain in Damascus Countryside after eliminating a number of terrorists.
The army killed a number of terrorists and destroyed big quantities of weapons and munitions.
Mahmoud Nakroush and Tarek Hafez were identified among the dead terrorists.
Earlier, an army unit and the Lebanese Resistance also killed 20 terrorists who were trying to flee al-Zabadani city to the north-west of Damascus, according to a military source.
The source told SANA that weapons and ammunition in the possession of the terrorists, who were mostly from Jabhat al-Nusra, were destroyed in the operation.
Aleppo
In the northern Aleppo province, an army unit killed all members of a terrorist group that attempted to infiltrate from al-Khabieh market into al-Sweiqeh area in Old Aleppo in the city.
Army units also targeted terrorists’ positions in several neighborhoods in Aleppo city, inflicting losses and casualties in their ranks.
The operations took place in the neighborhoods of Bani Zaid, al-Rashidin, al-Sukkari, Bab al-Nairab, al-Salihin, al-Jazmati roundabout and al-Lairamoun.
The military source also confirmed that gatherings and movements of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists were targeted in the towns of Bianoun, Hayan and Ritian and in Hreitan city and Qal’et Najm village in the northern countryside of Aleppo province.
Several terrorists’ hideouts and some vehicles equipped with machine guns were destroyed during army operations in the towns of Maer and Kafr Hamra and in Daret Ezza city in the northwestern countryside.
Army units also eliminated gatherings of ISIS terrorists in the surroundings of the Air Force Academy, located on the highway leading to the northeastern Raqqa province.
Idleb
In the neighboring Idleb province, the army air force targeted gatherings of terrorists and destroyed their
vehicles that were equipped with heavy machineguns in Abu al-Duhour town and the villages of Um Jerin, al-Mjass, Qare’ al-Ghazal and al-Tur’a in the eastern countryside of the northern Idleb province, a military source told SANA on Sunday.
Many terrorists were killed in the army strikes, most of them from Jabhat al-Nusra and the so-called “Ahrar al-Sham Movement”.
In the southwestern countryside of Idleb province, the army air force hit gatherings of terrorists and targeted their movements in the villages of Bzeit, Jannet al-Qura and Taoum to the southeast of Jisr al-Shughour city.
Tens of the terrorists’ vehicles with all arms, ammunitions and equipment onboard were destroyed.
Daraa
The army carried out operations against dens of “Jabhat al-Nusra” and “al-Muthana Islamic Movement” in Kafar Shams town in the far northwest of Daraa.
The army killed many terrorists, injured others and destroyed many vehicles during the operations.
Meanwhile, an army unit destroyed terrorists’ hideouts and caused heavy losses to their ranks in al-Na’ima town.
Another army unit also destroyed dens and vehicles in al-Zaitoun fields , al-ٍSad Road in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood and the area surrounding al-Quneitra school in al-Naziheen Camp.
The army killed many terrorists and destroyed a mortar launcher in Tal al-Zmitia and a bulldozer in Makas al-Hajar.
Quneitra
In southern Syria, An army unit killed a number of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists and destroyed their arms in a special operation targeting their dens in the villages of Ufania and Abu Shattah near Jabata al-Khashab in the northern countryside of Quneitra province.
Army unit also struck with heavy artillery a convoy of terrorists, destroying more than 30 vehicles and killing dozens of terrorists in Um Batina village in Quneitra countryside.
Another army unit targeted terrorists’ hideouts in Um Batina village, 6km to the east of Quneitar city, inflicting heavy losses upon the terrorists in personnel and equipment.
Homs
The army air force targeted in a series of strikes hideouts of ISIS terrorists in Palmyra city and in the areas of Bir Abu Tawala, Rasm al-Tawil, al-Kadim, Marhajan, al-Bardeh, to the north of Wadi Abiyad dam, Shiha, Buraq al-Nashmi and to the north of Tal Nashma in Palmyra countryside in Homs province.
Many ISIS terrorists were killed and their vehicles, which were equipped with machineguns, were destroyed in the air strikes.
Army units inflicted casualties upon ISIS terrorists and losses upon their vehicles as they targeted their positions at the municipalty’s building and in the vicinity of the Justice Palace’s building in Palmyra city.
The army air force also targeted hideouts and movements of ISIS terrorists to the north of al-Shaer and Jazal oil fields, destroying vehicles equipped with machineguns and killing many terrorists.
More ISIS terrorists were killed and their vehicles were destroyed in air strikes on their hideouts and gatherings in al-Shindakhiyeh al-Janoubiyeh, 70 km to the east of Homs.
Hama
In the neighboring Hama province, army units destroyed terrorists’ hideouts and vehicles, killing a number of them,
in al-Hwash and Atshan villages and in the area surrounding Khirbet al-Naqous village in the northern countryside of the central Hama province.
Another army unit carried out intensive operations against terrorists’ positions in Aqrab village, destroying several of their vehicles and hideouts and leaving a number of them killed or wounded.
To the east of Hama city, the army killed a number of terrorists and destroyed vehicles equipped with machineguns in al-Rahjan village.
An army unit targeted dens of ISIS terrorists, killing many of them and destroying their ammo, weapons and vehicles, in al-Qastal al-Wistani village.
A number of ISIS terrorists were killed and many of their vehicles were destroyed in Jabal al-Balaas in the area between Eqeirbat town and Palmyra city.
Army units, in cooperation with the popular defense groups, killed many ISIS terrorists and destroyed vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns to the east of al-Mafkar village.
Lattakia
Army units foiled an infiltration attempt by terrorist groups into villages of Beit Zeifa and al-Rahmaliya in Lattakia northern countryside, killing a number of terrorists and destroying an armored vehicle.
Earlier, an Army unit inflicted heavy losses upon terrorists in personnel and equipment during intensive strikes against their dens and gatherings in Tal al-Rashwan to the north of al-Nabi Younes Mountain in Lattakia northern countryside.
Earlier, many terrorists were killed and their vehicles were destroyed in army air strikes that targeted their positions in Jeb al-Ahmar and Kabani in the northern countryside of Lattakia province.
Hasaka
In the northeastern Hasaka province, an army unit clashed with ISIS terrorists positioned in building blocks near
the cemetery in the southeastern side of Ghweiran neighborhood in Hasaka city.
Field sources told SANA that the clashes left a number of terrorists killed, while the rest were hemmed in in separate sites in the surroundings of the cemetery.
Sporadic clashes also break out between the army units and the national backup forces on one hand and ISIS terrorists on the other on the outskirts of the neighborhoods of al-Nashwa al-Gharbiyeh and al-Nashwa Villat and the youth housing compound.
The terrorists suffered casualties during the clashes, according to the sources.
Deir Ezzor
The army’s air force destroyed a number of ISIS vehicles in al-Mre’ea, al-Jafara in Deir Ezzor and killed many terrorists.
