PROVINCES,(ST)_Syrian army has carried out a qualitative operation in al-Atareb town outside Aleppo and destroyed 12 cars carrying terrorists outside Hama, the official news agency (SANA) reported Monday.
The agency confirmed that military operations are still ongoing against terrorist organizations in the southern region and outside Homs and Idlib.
In details, the qualitative operation resulted in the death of many terrorists in al-Atareb town, which lies 30km west of Aleppo city, and it is synchronized with eliminating many terrorists in Dweir al-Zaiton, al-Mallah farms, surrounding of Handarat camp, al-Redwaneyeh, Hritan, Krom Azizeh, Maarret al-Artiq, Kafr Hamra, Andan, Babis, Khan Touman and Msibin outside Aleppo.
Further terrorists died as army units struck terrorists organizations in al-Lahaya town and south of al-Latamneh town in the northwestern countryside of Hama.
12 cars carrying terrorists destroyed
“Some 12 cars carrying terrorists plus 3 armored cars and heavy machineguns were destroyed in the strikes,” a military source declared, adding that army units repelled an armed attack by terrorists on Zlaqeyyat-Masafneh-Bweida axis in the northern and northwestern countryside of Hama.
The source confirmed that most of the attackers were mowed down.
4 ringleaders killed
“A ringleader in the so-called ‘Soqor al-Ghab’ legion along with three ringleaders in the al-Nusra Front and the Islamic front, which are supported by the Saudi regime, were among the terrorists killed during the attack,” the source said.
Meanwhile, army units conducted intensified operations against hideouts of al-Nusra Front, the ‘Islamic Front’ and the ‘Ahrar al-Sham’ movement in towns of Abo Duhur, al-Hamedeyeh, Qar’a al-Ghazal, and Tal Salmo.
The Saudi regime supports terrorists affiliated to the above mentioned fronts in Idlib countryside.
While the Turkish Erdogan regime facilitates the flow of foreign terrorists via Bab al-Hawa crossing in the northern edge of Idlib.
Last Thursday, the US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said that 60 of foreign terrorists reach Syria from Turkey.
Army units killed today many terrorists in Maarret Mesrin town in the northern countryside of Idlib and in Efs town, about 7km north of Saraqeb town.
Weapons belonging to terrorists were wiped out in al-Bweti town in the eastern countryside of Idlib.
Basma Qaddour