Army recaptures new areas in Damascus Countryside, Daraa

Provinces – Army and Armed Forces units on Sunday continued to launch wide-scale military operations against dens and positions of the Takfiri terrorist organizations in different areas across the country, establishing control over new areas and inflicting heavy losses upon the terrorists, SANA reported.

Damascus Countryside

A military source said that an army unit regained control over Kherbet Khan al-Shih and al-Madjaneh al-Sharqyia in Damascus Countryside and killed a number of terrorists.

Daraa

Army units destroyed gatherings and fortifications of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in al-Yadouda town and Daraa al-Balad area in Daraa southern province.

An army unit carried out intensive bombardments on the positions of the terrorist organizations and their fortifications in Daraa al-Balad area.

A number of terrorists were killed in the bombardments and four of their heavy machineguns were destroyed in Khazan al-Karak and near the shoes factory, in addition to destroying a canon to the northwest of al-Jumrok al-Qadim “Old Customs”.

Terrorists Abu Zoheir al-Shami and Mu’een Farid Zakawani were identified among the dead, while fourteen of the terrorists sustained severe injuries.

In the western countryside, an army unit destroyed fortifications and a vehicle belonging to the terrorist organizations, killing scores of terrorists while trying to steal grains from the silos in al-Yadouda town.