Syrian Arab Army Defeats Terrorists From Two More Towns in Al-Qalamon Area, Advances in Homs Old City

PROVINCES,(ST)_Important achievements have been registered by the army units in the ongoing battles in Homs province and al-Qalamon area outside Damascus province, according to military sources.

The first achievement was manifested in the restoration of stability and security to towns of Asal  al-Ward and Jab’adin in al-Qalamon area in Damascus countryside after eliminating large numbers of terrorists there.

A military source was quoted on the official news agency (SANA) as saying: “The Asal al-Ward town’ locals welcomed the soldiers and raised the national flags. While the locals of Jab’adin town rallied in support of the Syrian Arab army that restored stability and security to their town.”

The fresh gain comes a day after the army units restored stability and security to towns of Maaloula, al-Sarkha and al-Jobbeh in the same area [ al-Qalamon].

Some nine gunmen from Jab’adin and Ma’aloula towns turned themselves in to the competent authorities, the official agency said, noting that Other 14 gunmen from the quarters of al-Qarabis, Bab al-Sba’a and Jeb al-Jandali in Homs province surrendered too.

National duty  

While the second achievement was scored in the old city of Homs as the army units regained control of several buildings that had been used by terrorist groups as strongholds for their criminal acts against civilians.

A military source clarified that the army units are doing their national duties in cleansing quarters of the old city of Homs and have made an important progress on axes of Joret al-Shayyah, Wadi al-Sayeh, al-Khaledeyeh, Bab Hod, Jeb al-Jandali, Bab al-Sba’a, al-Qarabis and al-Waer.

It added that the army units targeted terrorist groupings in Ein Hussien, al-Amereyeh, al-Dar al-Kabira outside Homs where many terrorists were reported killed.

Clashes in Der Ezzour’s quarters

More terrorists were crushed when the army units shelled terrorist groupings in several areas in Damascus countryside, Aleppo, Idleb and Daraa provinces and on the outskirts of Jabal al-Nisr in the northern countryside of Lattakia.

Moreover, the army units stormed terrorists’ hideouts in Qminas town outside Idleb and clashed with armed terrorist groups in the quarters of al-Reshdeyeh, al-Hweqa, al-Jbeleh and al-Sena’a in Der Ezzour province.

Car bomb defused  

In another development, the agency reported that a car bomb containing 100kg of explosives was defused in al-Zein Street in the eastern quarter of al-Moaddameyeh town outside Damascus. 

Basma Qaddour