Provinces – The Syrian Army, backed by the Air Force, continued carrying out combating terrorism in various area and provinces of the country, SANA reported.
Daraa
An army unit targeted Jabhat al-Nusra-linked terrorist groups that launched an attack from the direction of al-Sheikh Hussein and Khleif hills on military posts on the border with Sweida province, a military source said on Sunday.
The attack was foiled, with many of the terrorists getting killed or injured before the rest escaped, the source said.
Another army unit destroyed an artillery position and a command center for Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Daraa al-Mahatta neighborhood in Daraa city.
More terrorists from groups affiliated to Jabhat al-Nusra suffered heavy losses as they were targeted after attacking military checkpoints in al-Manshiyeh neighborhood in Daraa al-Balad area in the city.
Homs
In the central province of Homs, the Syrian Air Force launched strikes against sites and gatherings of ISIS terrorists in the provinces’ eastern countryside.
A number of vehicles equipped with machine guns were destroyed in the airstrikes to the east of al-Qaryatain city, some 85 km southeast of Homs city.
A large number of ISIS terrorists were also killed as air strikes hit their gatherings, sites and supply routes in the direction of Arak Road to the east of Tadmur (Palmyra) city and in the northern mountains surrounding the city.