Damascus(ST)-A terrorist explosion struck al-Wurud quarter in damascus Countryside on Tuesday evening.
The blast took place in a densely populated area claiming 10 lives and injuring more than 30 in an initial outcome.
Earlier,a terrorist group assassinated on Tuesday brother of the Peoples’ Assembly Speaker in Midan suburb in Damascus.
Mohammad Osama al-Laham, the Speaker’s brother, was shot and killed as he drove to work , a source in the governorate told SANA.
The assassination of al-Laham, who holds a Ph.D in Agriculture, comes in the wave of the terrorist groups’ brutal acts that target national intellectuals .
Terrorists’ dens targeted in Homs
Meanwhile, a unit of armed forces targeted number of armed terrorist groups’ dens in the town of Taldaw in Homs countryside and inflicted heavy losses on them.
According to a source in the governorate, a number of vehicles equipped with weapons and two factories for making explosive charges and locally- made missiles were destroyed by the army forces.
A Number of Terrorists in Deir Ezzor eliminated
Moreover, a unit of the Armed Forces scuffled with an armed terrorist group in al-Mouazafin neighborhood in Deir Ezzor, killing a number of them and causing them heavy losses .
Another unit of the Armed Forces clashed with an armed terrorist group in al-Bousaraya St. in Deir Ezzor city where one of the wanted terrorists, Abdullah Yasin al-Nayef , was killed.
A source in the city told SANA that armed forces inflicted heavy losses on the terrorists.
Qualitative operation in Lattakia
In the same context, a qualitative operation was carried out by the Armed Forces in Kensaba area in Lattakia countryside, eliminating a number of terrorists and wounding others.
Vehicles ,which the terrorists used to carry out their attacks, were destroyed and their weapons were confiscated. A source in the countryside told SANA.
The seized weapons included machineguns, RPG launchers and a variety of ammunitions.
The Armed Forces are pursuing terrorists in the woods surrounding Kensaba area to clear it and restore security.
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