Dozens of terrorists killed in army shelling

PRIVENCES,(ST)_Units of armed forces in Homs province are preparing for new operations in al-Qsir countryside as fighting with armed terrorist groups continues in other provinces.

The Beirut-based Al-Mayadden TV Channel reported the new operations in Homs come after the Syrian Arab Army have imposed control over Abl town, which is a strategic site and links with the Lebanese Irsal town.

In the same province, a unit of armed forces repelled a terrorist group’s bid to sneak from Lebanon into Syria to perpetrate destructive acts, according to SANA.

Meanwhile, the army’s artillery shelled terrorists’ hideouts in several areas in countryside of Damascus and Idleb where dozens of terrorists were killed and many others injured.

“A mortar was destroyed and nearly 13 terrorists were killed in a qualitative operation carried out by a unit of armed forces in Masraba town in eastern Ghota area In Damascus countryside,” SANA reported.

On the other hand, the Syrian TV channel said that two terrorist groups quarreled in Hajera area (in Damascus countryside) over sharing loots ended in the death of many of them.

Elsewhere, it was reported that fighting continues in several sites in Aleppo province.

An official martyred

In a separate incident, terrorists assassinated yesterday noon Director of Planning at the Social Affairs Ministry, Ali Ballan, in Damascus.

A source at the ministry told SANA that the terrorists shot Ballan dead while he was inside “AlKanoon” Restaurant in east Mezza Vellat area.     

Syria is in a state of war and its army is doing its duty as regard defending homeland and citizens, and fighting terrorist groups to cleanse the country from terrorists.

The terrorist groups, who are exported from 40 countries, perpetrate heinous crimes against citizens and destroy the country’s infrastructure, are funded and supported by Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Britain, France, and the US.

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