Syrian Arab army eliminates 41 terrorists in an ambush outside Damascus, storms hideouts in Aleppo province

PROVINCES,(ST)_At least 41 terrorists have been killed and 10 others injured in an ambush outside Damascus province amid reports of destroying several arms dumps in Lattakia province and storming terrorists’ hideouts in Aleppo province.

In details, the official news agency reported on Friday that the armed forces eliminated 41 terrorists and injured 10 others and further seized weapons in an ambush in the surrounding of Al-Etaybeh lake in eastern Ghouta outside Damascus.

A military source made it clear that the 51 terrorists belong to al-Nusra Front and the so-called ‘Islamic’ brigade and some of them were of Saudi, Qatari and Iraqi nationalities, adding that the seized weapons included Israeli-made anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), rifles and RPGs.

“The ambush was carried out in cooperation with locals of the eastern Ghouta and according to information stating that terrorists from al-Nusra Front and the so-called ‘Islamic’ brigade will flee al-Nashabeyeh area towards Meda’a because the armed forces have clamped down on them,” the military source said.

It confirmed that the armed terrorist groups in the eastern Ghouta used young people to perpetrate criminal acts.

“Over the past period, dozens of terrorists were eliminated in 7 ambushes carried out in the same area,” the source said.

Furthermore, the armed forces carried out another ambush on Tal Trira-Knaker road outside Damascus and killed many terrorists.

Other terrorists died when the armed forces targeted terrorists and their weapons in farms of Rima and al-Khaneq in Yabroud area and in Rankos area in Damascus countryside.

Wadi Barada explosion

Moving around 21km to the north-west of Damascus, precisely in Wadi Barada area, a car blasted when terrorists were booby-trapping it near ‘Osama bin Zaid’ Mosque in Wadi Barada market.

Several terrorists died in the blast that left casualties among citizens and caused the destruction of the entrance of the mosque. 

An official source said that 30 people wounded were in a critical condition and they have been admitted toal- Mowasa  Hospital.

30 terrorists killed

Back to results of military operations in other provinces, Alikhbaria al-Soreyeh TV Channel said that the armed forces crushed 30 terrorists and destroyed arms in towns of al-Shahrora, al-Dwerka, and al-Maroneyeh in northern Lattakia countryside.

It added that the armed forces made  progress in pursuing terrorists that infiltrated into Sadad town in Homs province.

The armed forces also stormed terrorists’ hideouts in Kweris town in Aleppo province and mowed down many of them and destroyed weaponry in other towns.

They clashed with terrorists trying to sneak into al-Ashrafeyeh area in the same province.

Army cordons off buildings in Daraa

While, in southern Daraa province, the armed forces pressed ahead towards the old Customs area and cordoned several buildings there to cut off supply lines to armed terrorist groups.

Another progress was scored in Bosra square in the same province [Daraa] where the armed forces cordoned off the area to dismantle what has been described by an official source as the’ network of conduits’.

The conduits are being used by terrorists to infiltrate into safe areas, the source said.

Basma Qaddour