Army foils attack by armed groups in Homs Countryside

Homs – Armed groups on Wednesday morning launched a fierce attack in the vicinity of Mariamin village in Homs northwestern countryside in a new violation of the de-escalation zone agreement.

SANA said that army units on Wednesday morning engaged in violent clashes with armed groups which launched an attack from the direction of al-Houla area of residential complexes and the military posts in the vicinity of Mariamin village in the northwestern countryside.

SANA added that the clashes ended by foiling the attack and killing and injuring scores of the armed group members and forcing their remnants to flee away.

The armed groups targeted the houses in Mariamin village with rocket shells causing only material damage to the public and private properties and no human casualties were reported, according to the SANA.