GOVERNORATES, (ST) _ In qualitative operations, the armed forces on Tuesday exterminated scores of terrorists in several areas in Aleppo and its countryside.
Several terrorists were killed and four cars loaded with weapons, ammunition and vehicles equipped with machine guns were destroyed in Khan Touman , while all members of one terrorist group and their weapons were eliminated in al-Mansoura village.
Terrorists centers were destroyed in several areas in rural Damascus, where a number of cars used by terrorists for transporting weapons were destroyed . Among the killed terrorists were Ihsan Baseimi, Ahmad Fadlullah and Bilal Arafeh, Marouf al-Darra, Abdo al-Bernawi, Youssef Waweh and Eyad Sammoud.
Other terrorists were killed near al-Qalamoun hospital, including Ragheb Mahdi, whereas in Harran al-Awameed, leaders of two terrorist groups Musuab Abdul Majid and terrorist Abu Mujahid.
In al-Deyabia town , all members of one terrorist group were left killed or wounded, including terrorist Ala eddine Saeed, who issued the fatwas for terrorist groups , and terrorists Muhammad al-Duheibi and Mokhles al-Numeiri.
On Tuesday evening, terrorists detonated an explosive device implanted in front of a shop in al-Ameen street in Damascus resulted in wounding the owner of the shop and material damages.
Terrorists also on Tuesday detonated an explosive device planted in the car of Member of Parliament MP Abdul Razzaq Kotaina in al-Qosour neighborhood, in Damascus, resulted in his various injuries.
Terrorists targeted by their sniper machines the Russian journalist Sergei Berjouni the correspondent of the Russian independent TV ” I am”, while covering events in Daraya, Rural Damascus.
He told SANA that the terrorists opened fire at him while he was in Darya accompanied by the Syrian Arab army although he was wearing civilian clothes and carrying a press badge on his jacket.
He continued he was hit by bullets in the face and hand before he was carried by the Syrian army for a distance up to one kilometer and then to a hospital in Damascus .
The Russian journalist noted the high morale of the Syrian army soldiers in prosecution of terrorists in Daraya.
The armed forces also destroyed a terrorist center in Karnaz in rural Hama, where four
vehicles equipped with machine guns, three of which fitted with 14.5 caliber and a base for launching rockets were destroyed and leader of the terrorist group Muhannad al-Banat was killed.
Several terrorists were arrested and their weapons were confiscated in al-Rastan, al-Marran village and Hesya in rural Homs
In a series of qualitative operations the armed forces eliminated scores of terrorists and wounded others, and confiscated their weapons in Jesr al-Shoghour, Abu al-Dohour and Arab Saeed in rural Idleb.
On the other hand numbers of terrorists fell dead or wounded when fighting broke out between two groups following disagreement over sharing stolen and looted funds from citizens and public and private institutions in Kafar Takharim area.
An official source said that the terrorists used machine guns during the fighting which took place inside a shelter they used to store stolen goods, weapons and ammunition.
Mohieddin Najjar was among the killed terrorists.
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