Syrian Arab army press ahead with operations against terrorists in contested areas

PROVINCES,(ST)_Restive areas outside Damascus, Homs, Daraa, Aleppo and al-Qameshli provinces have witnessed series of operations against foreign-backed terrorist groupings, according to military sources.

The operations, which coincided with clashes in several areas in the said provinces, have resulted in eliminating dozens of terrorists and destroying a host of their weapons.

Series of operations

In details, the official news agency reported on Saturday that the army units killed many terrorists from the so-called the ‘Islamic Front’ in Adra area, around 25km to the north-east of Damascus, and carried out series of operations in Mdera, Hammoreyeh, Ein Tarma, Duma, Erbin and al-Zabadani outside Damascus.

It added that the army units clashed with armed terrorist groups in Darayya city on the axis of al-Alali area and railway and al-Jam’eyat quarter, noting that tens of terrorists died in the clashes and in a quarrel between two terrorist groups in Jeroud area outside Damascus.

In a further development, it was reported that the army units targeted terrorist groupings in 8 towns- Ein Hsien, al-Khaledeyeh, Slam Sharqi, Rkhom, Em Sehrej, alSaen, alDar alKabira and alMashjar- outside Homs province and destroyed several cars for terrorists in Jabal al-Shaer area in the eastern countryside of Homs.

Infiltration attempts

The army units, in cooperation with border guards, foiled infiltration attempt from Lebanon into al-Qusier countryside in Homs for the second day running.

Other infiltration bids to safe areas in Daraa al-Balad and Inkhel town in southern Daraa province were also thwarted amid reports of a clash flared up between an army unit and an armed terrorist group on Othman-alYadodeh road in the same province.

Weapons destroyed 

A military source declared that the army units killed 8 terrorists and destroyed several Grad missiles, two cars equipped with heavy gun machines and a rocket launcher in Eib town outside Daraa.

The terrorists lost further weapons as the army units shelled several weapons-laden cars in al-Sheikh Najjar area in northern Aleppo province.

An unknown number of terrorists perished in the shelling and in operations against terrorist groupings on the surrounding of the central prison and Hilan farm as well as in the old city of Aleppo and in quarters of al-Sayyed Ali and al-Salehin.

More terrorist groupings were reportedly wiped out outside al-Hassaka and Qameshli provinces.

The US, France, Britain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey sponsor the terrorist groups operating in Syria.

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