Provinces – Army units thwarted terrorists infiltration attempts in many areas across the country and destroyed their gatherings and fortifies, inflicting heavy losses upon them in personnel and equipment, SANA reported.
Hama
The army units clashed with armed terrorist organizations which tried to infiltrate into Ma’an town, destroying an armored vehicle and killing and injuring a number of their members.
At least 6 terrorist, mostly from the so-called “Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement” and “Gathering of al-Izzah Brigades “ were killed in the army operations in Markabeh and Ma’an towns, among them Saleh al-Saleh, Mohammad Nassan Agha, Rashid al-Alwan and Fadi Khaled al-Khaled.
The army units seized two vehicles one of them is armored and the other is equipped with machinegun, killing and injuring a number of terrorists who tried to infiltrate into a number of military posts in the villages of Zelin, al-Zalaqiyat, al-Bwaida, Tal Bazam, northeast of Souran town.
The army air force targeted the terrorist organizations gatherings and hideouts in the towns of al-Latameneh, Latmeen and west of Ma’an, destroying their headquarters, hideouts and vehicles.
At least 9 terrorists were killed, among them al-Shukri al-Hussein, Ma’moun Khaled al-Haiyani, Abdel-Aziz al-Salem, Abdel Aziz al-Amouri of the self-claimed leaders of the so-called al-Izza Gathering Mohammad Arab al-Dawi, Mustafa al-Barho and Abdel Aziz al-Khaled.
Idleb
In the Idleb countryside, an army unit targeted a terrorist organizations convoy of vehicles loaded with ammunition and equipment, which was moving towards al-Dana city, 36 km north of Idleb city, destroying a number of the vehicles with all weapons and ammunition onboard.
Another army unit targeted Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations affiliated to the so-called Jaish al-Fateh in Bab al-Salem border crossing with Turkey, destroying a number of cars loaded with ammunition and equipment.
Homs
In bordering Homs province, the Syrian army air force destroyed gatherings of Takfiri terrorist organizations at the outskirts of Bayarat and Ter Ma’aleh in the countryside of the province.
Aleppo
The Syrian army air force destroyed the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization’s headquarters and machinegun-equipped vehicles in the villages of Akolah, Rasm al-Abed, Hemeima big and Hemeima small, 40 km east of Aleppo city, the military source said.
Meanwhile, the Takfiri terrorist organizations acknowledged on their social media websites the killing of a number of their members, among them what it called “storming leader of special forces in Bab Amre battalion” Ali al-Daloub al-Fa’ouri and Amer al- Omar of the so-called Jaish al-Sunna, Jumaa al-Omar of the so-called Islamic Union of
Ajnad al-Sham, and commander of al-Sham legion nicknamed al-Zaher Baibars al- Salmouni.