Syrian Arab army takes control of areas outside Aleppo and Hama

PROVINCES,(ST)_As fighting is still going on outside the central Homs province, security has been restored to two areas in countryside of Aleppo and Hama.

Units of armed forces carried out Sunday a new series of operations against terrorist groupings and their weapons in west and north-west quarters of al-Qusayr city, the eastern al-Bweda, north-west al-Dherej, and al-Rastan, Aqrab, al-Dar al-Kabir, Qaei tower, al-Ghanto, and Talbisa areas in Homs countryside and in south Palmyra city.

The operations resulted in eliminating unknown number of foreign-backed terrorists and destroying rockets launchers.

Other terrorists, including three Lebanese ones, were reportedly killed today at dawn as they were trying to sneak from Lebanon into al-Qusayr city through Joseh site, according to an official source. 

The terrorists’ losses in the central province coincided with knockout blows delivered to them in the northern Aleppo province as the units of armed forces have taken control of Aleppo International highway and Kafr Hamra farms and pounded several hideouts of terrorists in the surrounding areas of central province, Meneg airbase and Bestan a-Qaser.

The same province saw clashes between units of armed forces and terrorists near al-Shahror sawmills in Khan al-Assal area and on Kafr Naha road where many of terrorists were reportedly killed and injured.

In Hama province (around 130 km far away from Aleppo), mopping -up operations are being carried out by units of armed forces in the middle Fan area in Homs province after restoring stability an security to it.

Meanwhile, the armed forces have continued targeting terrorist groupings in Hajjera,Yalda,the eastern Ghouta’s farms, Harsta, Barzeh, Zamalka, Doma, al-Mleha, Bet Jen, Khan al-Shieh, Yabroud and Madaya areas outside Damascus and in several areas outside Lattakia, Idlib and Hassaka provinces.

Many of al-Nusra Front-affiliated terrorists were eliminated in the said areas.

Locals of Doma suburb (in Damascus countryside) reportedly protested against the existence of armed terrorist groups in Damascus countryside and demanded  them to leave. 

Terrorist blast hit Jobar quarter

The terrorist groups blasted at dawn a booby-trapped car in a residential area in Jobar quarter outside the capital leaving 10 citizens wounded.

The blast was followed by fighting between a unit of armed forces and a terrorist group ended in killing the group’s leader and many of his men.

Syria is facing a foreign-backed war that aims to weaken the Syrian Arab army and destroy national economy to serve Israel’s interests in the region.

The US, France, Britain, Qatar, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia fund and support the terrorist groups, who perpetrate heinous crimes against citizen and destroy Syria’s infrastructure.

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