Army kills “ISIS” leader in Lattakia

PROVINCES, (ST)- Units of the armed forces on Friday continued their mop-up operations in several areas across Syria, killing scores of terrorists including leader of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham in Lattakia.

In Lattakia, “an army unit destroyed a cache full of rockets and 4 cars equipped with heavy machineguns in Salma village, killing scores of them, including Fadel al-Tarkawi from Saudi Arabia, Khalid al-Rashwani from Egypt and Abu Safuan al-Zaidi from Libya, according to a military source.

The source added that among the dead was an Iraqi terrorist nicknamed Abo Mihjem, leader of the so-called The Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) that is linked to al-Qaeda, in addition to others.

Meanwhile, another army unit killed 13 terrorists in Khrab al-Jouz village, including Abu Hamdo al-Abbasi from Iraq, Abu Mazen al-Shoubi, Safuan Akra and Abdulrahman AL-Assaf, in addition to destroying two cars loaded with weapons, ammunition and explosive devices.

In Homs and its countryside, amilitary source said that the army units killed and injured a number of terrorists’ leaders during a special operation against one of their dens near al-Zafaraneh Clinic in al-Rastan city ,al-Ra’is Street in al-Waer neighborhood,Palmyra .

In Aleppo and its countryside,” the army units killed scores of terrorists in the villages of al-Jadideh, Kweirs, Hreitan, Ma’aret Arteq, Khan al-Assal, the Industrial Area and to the north of the Central Prison ,in the area surrounding Azizeh village and Bustan al-Qasr,” according to a military source.

Meanwhile, another army unit clashed with members of an armed terrorist group who were attempting to sneak into al-Sayyed Ali area in the city, killing and injuring most of them.

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