Syrian Arab army advances in Damascus countryside, continues operations on all fronts

PROVINCES,(ST)_Supply route to the foreign-backed terrorists  among  the northern suburbs of Damascus countryside has been cut off, as there has been fierce fighting in Homs quarters.

Over the past hours,  units of the armed forces carried out a series of qualitative operations in al-Qabon suburb- just 3km to the north-east of Damascus- resulted in destroying all terrorists’ hideouts and imposing control over the industrial area extending 1.5km from south al-Qabon to the southern highway. 

An official source told SANA that imposing control over the  industrial area means cutting off the supply line to terrorists among Jobar, al-Qabon, Zamalka and Harasta suburbs, confirming that most of terrorists killed in the operations were of foreign nationalities and affiliated to al-Nusra Front.

 It added: “Torture centers, tunnels, various types of weapons, Israeli-made -rockets, and a map defining position of terrorist groups’ snipers in the suburb were discovered in the suburb (al-Qabon).”

At the same time, it was reported that the armed forces restored stability and security to the north-west part of Sayyedeh Zainab camp outside the capital.

Incessant operations in Homs

Another achievement was also scored in the central Homs province as  units of the armed forces took control of several buildings in Bab Hod quarter after crushing an unknown number of terrorist groups.

A military source declared that more terrorists were eliminated by incessant operations against their hideouts in Homs province and its surrounding.

However, in Palmyra city, a unit of the armed forces destroyed three trucks loaded with rockets at ‘Beer al-Amir ‘ area.

Chemical materials confiscated

In Banyas area, the competent authorities confiscated a big quantity of dangerous chemical materials inside a hideout of terrorists in a farm.

According to an official source, the confiscated materials contain 79 barrels of polyethylene glycol, 67 barrels of monoethylene glycol, 25 barrels of monoethanolamine, 68 barrels of diethanolamine , and 42 barrels of triethanolamine.

Elsewhere, it was reported that an unknown number of terrorists perished in operations against their hideouts outside Aleppo, Lattakia, Idlib, Daraa, and Hama provinces.

Explosion inside bomb-making hideout

As many as 10 terrorists died as a result of an explosion  inside a bomb-making hideout in a residential area in Jasem city in Daraa province.

Terrorist act in Hassaka

In a separate incident, a citizen was martyred and others wounded by detonation of two explosive devices planted by terrorists in a residential area in al-Hassaka city.

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