Army establishes control over more areas, kills scores of terrorists across the country

Provinces – The army units, aided with the army air force, continued targeting the Takfiri terrorist organizations’ hotbeds, gatherings and hideouts in many areas across the country, inflicting heavy losses upon them in personnel and equipment, SANA reported.

Daraa

An army unit destroyed Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist’s hideouts with all terrorists inside south of the Court’s vicinity in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood in the southern Daraa province.

 Terrorists’ headquarters and gathering were destroyed in al-Bado neighborhood with all weapons and ammunition inside.

Meanwhile, Takfiri terrorist organizations acknowledged on their social media websites the killing of a number of their members, including terrorists Adman Mustafa al-Hilal and Mohammad Abdel-Rahman al-Saadi.

Aleppo

An army unit clashed with terrorists who attempted to attack AzizeIt  Sama’an village in the southwestern countryside of Aleppo province, destroying a  mortar cannon, a heavy cannon, a heavy-equipped machinegun, an armored vehicle and  killing a number of them, while the rest fled away.

The army units destroyed terrorist organizations’ gatherings with all weapons and equipment in Kafernaha and west of al-Hader in the southern and southwestern countryside of the province.

Another army unit destroyed Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorists’ vehicles, some equipped with heavy machineguns in the village of Hazazeh, 52km east of Aleppo city.

In Aleppo city, an army unit targeted Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists’ hideouts and hotbeds in the neighborhoods of al-Ameriyeh, al-Rashideen1, al-Lairamoun, Bani Zaid and al- Sheikh Khedur, inflicting heavy losses upon them.

Lattakia

More villages under army control

Army units, backed by popular defense groups, continued advancement in the northeastern countryside of Lattakia .

The army established control over Arafeet al-Tahta, Arafit Fawqa, Rowaiset Sheikho and Katef al-Sallat villages after destroying terrorists’ dens.

The army seized weapons and ammunition, including 3 mortar bases, and dismantled scores of explosive devices planted by terrorists before they had fled these areas.