Army Halt of Military Operations amid Continued Violations by Terrorist for the Second Day Running

 DAMASCUS (ST)- For the second day running, armed terrorist groups in Syria continued their grave violations for the truce declared by the Syrian Army General Command.

At Damascus Country side, Daraa, Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Idleb, and Deir Azzour Governorates, scores of Army checkpoints order-keeping forces were attacked around the clock by the terrorists

The terrorists exploded a booby-trapped car Saturday morning at Taskar Region in Deir Azzour, and another booby-trapped car near Al-Syriac Church in the city.

The armed terrorist groups planted improvised explosive devices in different quarters of the said governorates and used several types of arms, including snipers, Heavy machine gunfire, automatic rifles, RBG Launchers.

Full text of the Army command Statement Saturday Evening:

Army Command: More violations by terrorist groups despite declared ceasefire

The foreign-backed armed terrorist groups continued to violate the ceasefire declared by the Syrian Army General Command on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha.

 The General Command of the Army and Armed Forces said in a statement on Saturday that the armed terrorist groups attacked several army checkpoints as well as civil and military sites in a number of Syrian governorates.

In Damascus Countryside, on Friday evening between 20:00 and 21:00, armed terrorist groups’ fire targeted army and law-enforcement forces checkpoints in different areas in Doma, Harasta, Housh Arab and Qatana towns. They also planted explosive devices in Kafar Kook surrounding at 08:30 and in the area eastern to Masaken al-Tawafeek Roundabout at 11:30 on Saturday.

In Daraa, terrorists groups opened fire on Namer checkpoint at 23:00 yesterday and attacked an army barrack at 13:30 Saturday.

In Homs, terrorists attacked Jub al-Jarrah checkpoint in al-Mukharram area at 22:30 and tried at 02:30 Saturday to reinforce their positions in al-Haydareyya area. At 05:00 a terrorist group targeted law-enforcement personnel in Bab Hood area with sniper shots and RPGs.

The statement of the General Command also said that in Hama on Friday, the fire shooting of the armed terrorist groups targeted army checkpoints in several areas including al-Hamzeh Towers at 20:30, the Four Waterwheels at 20:50 as well as al-Jubb Rounabout and the al-Masbah (swimming pool) at 23:15. They also attacked the new building of the Baath Party branch and Police Command at 23:30.

In Aleppo, several violations were reported depicting terrorists’ attacks with different kinds of weapons on law-enforcement forces in Kan al-Wazeer Post Center area in Old Aleppo at 09:30 Saturday morning. Terrorist’s fire also targeted law-enforcement checkpoints on the Aleppo-E’zaz Highway in Kafar Hamra area at 09:45, on the Aleppo-Atareb Highway in Khan al Asal area at 10:00 and on Aleppo-Al-Raqqa Highway at 10:30. In addition,  a law-enforcement checkpoint in al-Farafera neighborhood was attacked at 11:30.

In Idleb, the terrorist groups shot fire on law-enforcement personnel in the market of the Youth Housing area at 02:30 Saturday and in Wadi al-Deif, al-Hamedeyya, Harem, Silqeen and al-Allana areas at 06:00. They also planted two explosive devices weighing between 50-80 kg on Idleb-Silqin Highway, and detonated a 20 kg-explosive device near the Carlton Hotel in the city at 09:00.

In Deir Ezzour, according to the Army Command’s statement, terrorist groups on Saturday at 05:00 blew up a booby-trapped car targeting a military position. They heavily shot fire on law-enforcement personnel in al-Jabeileh and al-Rasheediyeh areas. They also blew up a booby-trapped car between the Church of the Syriac and the Region’s Command at 06:15 Saturday.     

The General Command concluded the statement by stressing its keenness to get the public opinion acquainted with the reality of events in Syria and to keep observing the terrorist groups’ incessant violations of the October 25th declared ceasefire to which the general Command had announced full commitment.

The Army Command also stressed firm determination to continue confronting the criminal acts perpetrated by the terrorist groups against our homeland and citizens.

 “In another violation of the declaration of the suspension of military operations during the period of Eid al-Adha, the armed terrorist groups on Saturday blew up a car bomb in front of the Syriac Church on the main road in the city of Deir Ezzor,” SANA said.

“The explosion caused great material damage to the Church’s façade,” the agency said further.

The foreign-backed armed terrorist groups have repeatedly attacked Friday, the first day of Adha Eid,  several Syrian Arab Army checkpoints.

According to a statement by the Syrian Army General Command, the terrorists launched attacks in Deir Azzour Governorate: Halabia Checkpoint at 7:25 a.m., al-Jibila at 7:30 a.m., al-saysa Checkpoint at 7:35 a.m., Daraa Governorate: Cultural Center Checkpoint at 7:15 a.m., Edlib Governorate: military posts in harem, Salqin, Wadi al-dif and al-Alana were attacked at 7:00 a.m., Homs Governorate: Bab Hood Checkpoint at 11:00 a.am., Tal Kalakh at 9:00 a.m.  and other military checkpoints were attacked by terrorist groups with different kinds of weapons, Damascus Governorate: military checkpoints in Harasta, erbin and Doma were attacked at 9:00 a.m..

The Syrian Army units on duty dealing with the said attacks and confronting the armed terrorist groups in the said places underscored the statement.

Terrorist Hit Daf al-Shouk ,al-Mahata Square

 A booby-trapped car exploded in Daf al-Shouk neighborhood in Damascus on Friday.

State TV reported more than five people had been killed and more than 30 wounded.

Daraa has also been hit by another booby-trapped car explosion at the “Mahata square; heavy material damage and scores of causalities were reported.

Later in the evening, the Army General Command cited also the terrorists’ attacks at Damascus Governorate: Qaboun, Dabaghat, Harmla Tunnel,Harasta at 14:00 p.m., Southern Bypass against a military convoy at 16:30 p.m., and a terrorist group bid to infiltrate from Lebanon into Syria at 17:00 p.m.; the terrorists shot at border guards from the Lebanese territories at Asal Al-Ward Region.

The Army added that the terrorists exploded a booby-trapped car at Daf al-Shouk at 17:10 p.m. and fired on a military checkpoint at jidaidt Artoz at 19:50 p.m..

At 15:50 p.m., the armed terrorist groups exploded a booby-trapped car at al-Mahata Checkpoint in Daraa, at 16:05 p.m. the terrorist in Deir Azzour attacked the checkpoint in al-sayouf, Halbia, University training, and at al-masbah at 16:10 and Jiser al-Siasa and Ghasan Aboud Circle at 16:20 p.m.  

Another armed terrorist group tried to infiltrate into Syria from Lebanon at Tal-Kalakh region, where the terrorists fired on border-guards.

The General Command of the Syrian Arab Army and Armed forces today announced the halting of military operations on the Syrian Arab Republic’s territories (on the occasion of Eid al-Adha)  as from Friday October 26th  till Monday October 29th .

In a statement, the  General Command said “In harmony with our responsibility to protect civilians, as well as the country’s public and private properties, our armed forces reserve the right to respond in cases including:

1-         The continuity of fire shooting by armed terrorist groups on civilians and government forces, of attacks against the country’s  public and private properties and of the use of booby trapped cars and explosive devices.

2-         Attempts by Armed terrorist groups to enhance their positions as the validity of this announcement begins.

3-         Attempts by neighboring countries to facilitate terrorists’ infiltration into the country across their borders in violation of their international obligations regarding combating terrorism.

   

Hamda Moustafa/ M.A. Al-Ibrahim