Syrian Arab army continues decisive operations, defeats thugs in 7 towns in Lattakia

PROVINCES,(ST)_Successive knockout blows are being delivered to the thugs, who sneaked into the northern Lattakia countryside to wreak havoc there, amid reports of eliminating dozens of al-Nusra Front-affiliates outside Damascus and Aleppo provinces.

The armed forces imposed today control over seven towns – alHambosheyeh, alBallota, alSheik Nabhan, alKhrata, alKhanzoreyeh, Barodeh, Jabal al-sha’aban- in  northern Lattakia province raising the number of safe areas to 16 in a week.

A military source told SANA that big number of thugs, some of foreign nationalities, was killed and various types of weapons were confiscated in the said towns.

Rocket launchers and mortars destroyed

This progress was made while a series of operations were carried out in  northern Aleppo province where rocket launchers and mortars  destroyed and terrorist groupings were crushed, according to an official source.

The operations were in the east southern countryside (in towns of Kweris and al-Jadedeh) and in the west southern countryside (in Khan al-Assal and the surrounding of Der Jamal town) as well as in the southern and east northern countryside.

Other operations were also launched against al-Nusra Front-linked terrorists’ hideouts in Damascus countryside, precisely in Doma, Harasta, Hajjira, alDyaberyeh and Darayya which  ended in eliminating an unknown number of terrorists.

Weapons seized

 Meanwhile, it was said that various types of weapons were seized inside a hideout of an armed terrorist group in al-Fayha’a quarter in Hama province when an army unit burst into the hideout. 

Most of the terrorist group’ members and the ringleader perished.

More terrorists were hammered in the Daraa, Homs and Idlib provinces when the armed forces shelled hideouts in more than 20 areas and clashed with armed terrorist groups that tried to attack garrisons in Daraa city.

On the other hand, a military source said: “The armed forces thwarted the terrorists’ attempt to detonate 4 explosive devices weighting 50kg/each near Tebneh bridge in  northern Daraa countryside.

Terrorist attacks

In separate developments, the terrorists, who are systematically targeting the country’s infrastructure, attacked fuel tanks in al-Hassaka province and caused serious damage to a tank containing 500.000 liters  of heating oil leaving two employees wounded.

 They also fired tonight mortar shells on Jaramana suburb outside Damascus where four citizens were wounded.

According to a source at a police command, the citizens were wounded when one of the shells landed on a building behind a bakery in the suburb.

Last night, the terrorists launched missiles on al-Ashrafeyeh town outside Homs causing the martyrdom of a citizen and leaving several others wounded.

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