Army eliminates three terrorist groups affiliated to Jabhat al-Nusra in Countryside of Daraa and Sweida

Sweida/ Daraa – Army units eliminated 3 terrorist group affiliated to Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization in the countryside of Daraa and Sweida, SANA reported.

A military source said that an army unit carried out a special operation against a gathering of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization between the villages of Barghasheh and al-Shayahat in al-Lajat area in Sweida northwestern countryside.

The source added that all members of a terrorist group were killed in the operation and their military equipment was destroyed.

An army unit also eliminated two terrorist groups affiliated to Jabhat al-Nusra after they infiltrated from the direction of Tloul Khalif and the village of Um Walad in the eastern countryside of Daraa towards one of the military posts in the western countryside of Sweida.

Meanwhile, army units carried out intensive bombardments against positions of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Daraa al-Balad area, killing a number of them and destroying two of their positions in the neighborhood of al-Sad Road, in addition to destroying a barricade for a machinegun to the north of the roundabout of al-Karak neighborhood.