Daring Operations Continue Against Terrorists

GOVERNORATES, (ST)_  The armed forces on Thursday continued attacks against  armed terrorist groups  and left scores of them dead or wounded and destroyed their weapons.

In Damascus  countryside, several terrorists were killed and 11 wounded while  one mortar was  destroyed near al-Nahda company in Hujeira, whereas five terrorists were killed and 8 wounded near Oxygen  factory in al-Huseineyah town.

Army units carried out a series of  daring perations  against terrorists in Duma, Daraya and Madameya farms and the Black stone area  and achieved direct hits in their ranks.

Among the killed terrorists in the said areas were Mustafa al-Hanafi leader of the so called Islam banner group and terrorists Issam Sadaa, Maaz Ghbeism Fahd al-Atieq, Imad al-Abbar Issam al-Tawll, Ahmad Zeyadeh, Shadi Issa, Obeida Kreira, Abdullah al-Muhammad, Raed al-Mufleh and Ahmad al-Jernawi. Two cars fitted with machine guns were destroyed .

In another context, terrorists detonated a  booby trapped car in al-Nahr street in al-Sbenieh resulted in killing four civilians  and  wounding 10, mostly school students.

In Aleppo city and countryside , scores of terrorists were exterminated when the armed forces targeted  their shelters in Handarat and al-Oweijeh villages, in Rasem al-Abboud, al-Zerba, Tell Hasel, Khan Touman, Kafer Antoine,  and Tell Rafaat, an official source said, adding that  all members of one terrorist group were killed when they tried to infiltrate  into al-Kindi hospital  via al-Meselmieh road .

Meantime, and  collaboration with  citizens, armed forces units  exterminated  terrorist groups in Jibrin area in rural Aleppo, whereas terrorists headquarters were demolished in al-Naqqarin, al-Shaar, al-Ansari, al-Jazmati, and al-Maisar  in the city of Aleppo.

After receiving reliable information, one armed forces unit attacked a headquarters where leaders of terrorist groups rallied under the so called  “the banner of monotheism” in al-Sfeira in rural Aleppo; the operation resulted in killing or wounding of participants in the meeting including the  leader of ” the banner of monotheism.”

One army unit carried out a qualitative operation in al-Khaledeyah quarters during which leader of one terrorist group Alaa  Asaad al-Hussein nicknamed as Abu Asaad al-Daghistani and terrorist Saber Mando were killed, while in Jobar and  al-Sultaneyah areas terrorists  Abdul Aziz al-Masto, Muham,ad al-Faouri and Jasem  al-Khalidi  were also killed.

Meanwhile, army units foiled two infiltration attempts into the Syrian territory from the  Lebanese territories  at al-Mathoumah crossing in rural Tel Kalakh and atJose projects areas in rural al-Qseir, left their members killed or wounded and destroyed one car fitted with Dushka machine gun.

The  armed forces ambushed the said group, and killed  terrorists  Ammar Hussein Merei and  Ammar Ammar, among many others.

 Heavy losses were inflicted in the ranks of one terrorist group and  many of its members  were arrested and their weapons confiscated including  warship machine guns and 25 explosive device, when the armed forces attacked a hiding for terrorists  in  al-Teifour area of rural Homs .

More terrorists shelters were  destroyed in Talbeisah, al-Rastan, Deir Balbeh, al-Ghantou, al-Qseir and  al-Hosson areas where  scores of terrorists were killed and their  weapons confiscated.

In rural Idleb , following  qualitative operations in al-Yaqoubeyah, Jisr al-Shoghour, tell al-Dahab, al-Janodeyah area scores of terrorists were killed or injured including  Imad Abu al-Ij, Muhammad Terkawi, Abdul Jalil Hasyan and Ibrahim al-Majbour, whereas, 5 cars mounted with machine guns were destroyed and terrorists manned them were killed.

 Following  close monitoring and follow up,  the competent authorities found a dump truck containing a large quantity of explosives estimated at  three tons near  ” al-Sawari ” school with masts and the engineering units dismantled.

In Hama countryside, several terrorists were killed including snipers when the armed forces clashed with a terrorist group which tried to attack a  security force checkpoint near  Abu Obeida village in Hama.

Several  terrorists  who committed acts  of killing and looting  in the orchards  of al-Teiba village in rural Daraa were killed or  wounded . Among the  killed terrorists were  Muhammad Ali al-Balkhi, Abdo Hussein al-Deiri, Yazan Jamous, Hussein al-Zou’bi  and Qasem Hboubati.

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