New areas restored by army in Lattakia, many ISIS terrorists killed in Raqqa

Provinces – Units of the Army and Armed Forces on Sunday continued military operations in several areas around the country, restoring new points and thwarting terrorist attacks where scores of terrorists were killed or injured, SANA reported.

Lattakia

The army units, in cooperation with popular defense groups, established control over the Points 287, 397 and 409 and killed members of terrorist groups that infiltrated to al-Sawda village in the northern countryside of the coastal Lattakia province.

A military source said that the army units, aided by the popular defense groups, also thwarted an attack by terrorist groups on military posts in the direction of al-Qalaa Mountain and Ain al-Baida area in the province.

Raqqa

In the meantime, the army’s air force targeted ISIS positions on the southern outskirts of the northeastern Raqqa city, leaving many terrorists dead.

Deir Ezzor

The army units clashed with ISIS terrorists in the surrounding of Deir Ezzor Airport in the eastern Deir Ezzor province, killing many of them and injuring others.

According to a field source, the army units foiled a terrorist attack of ISIS in the axes of al-Sinaa neighborhood, the villages of al-Jafra and Hweijet Saker and on Hrabish neighborhood in Deir-Ezzor city, inflicting heavy losses upon the terrorists.

Another army unit clashed with ISIS terrorists after two suicide terrorists blew up explosive belts in front of Furat al-Sham Hotel in al-Bogheilia area in the northwestern countryside of the province, killing or injuring many of the terrorists.

Aleppo

Army units repelled in the past hours ISIS attacks on the villages of Kafr Saghir and Babins in the northern countryside of Aleppo province.

A source on the ground explained that the army units, backed by supporting forces, clashed with the ISIS terrorists who attacked the two villages, thwarting the assault attempt.

Many of the attackers were killed or injured, and the rest managed to flee, according to the source.

Homs/Hama

Positions for ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra were destroyed in army airstrikes in the surroundings of Tadmur (Palmyra) city and al-Qaryatain in Homs and in Khneifis, Eqeirbat and al-Ankawi in Hama.