Army expands control in al-maqaber area in Deir Ezzor
Provinces – Army and Armed Force Units achieved a new advancement in their continued operations against positions of ISIS terrorists in the southern part of Deir Ezzor City.
Army units, in cooperation with the backing forces, established control over Talet Hassan and a number of the strategic points after engaging in fierce clashes with ISIS terrorists to the west of Liwa al-Tamin on the southern axis of the city, SANA reported.
SANA confirmed that scores of ISIS terrorists were killed in the clashes including a field commander terrorist Abu Ayham al-Masri.
An army unit also carried out bombardments against the supply routes and positions of ISIS terrorists in the surroundings of Liwa al-Tamin, killing 11 terrorists and injuring others.
Meanwhile, army units, in cooperation with the popular defense groups, carried out a special operation against positions of ISIS terrorists in the western part of al-Maqaber “cemeteries” area achieving a notable advancement and inflicting heavy losses upon ISIS in the personnel and equipment.
Daraa
Army units destroyed gatherings and two command and surveillance centers for Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Daraa al-Balad area.
A military source said that the army units targeted with heavy strikes the gatherings and movements of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in al-Naziheen and al-Abasiyeh neighborhoods and in al-Masri roundabout, killing and injuring large number of them.
The source added that the army units destroyed two command and surveillance centers for Jabhat al-Nusra in al-Karek neighborhood and a number of fortifications and machineguns’ barricades in the al-Bareed area in addition to a car carrying terrorists in the dam road neighborhood in Daraa al-Balad.
Homs
An army unit launched accurate strikes on infiltration points and a gathering for Jabhat al-Nusra in Kisin village in al-Hola area in the northern countryside of Homs, a military source said.
As a result of the strikes, the members of a terrorist group were killed and a vehicle equipped with a rocket launcher was destroyed.