Syrian Arab army Discovers Trenches in Homs, Eliminates Terrorists Outside Hama, Idleb and Damascus

PROVINCES,(ST)_Several trenches and tunnels equipped with electricity wires and explosive devices have been discovered by the army units that continued pursuing terrorist groups outside Damascus, Idleb, Hama and Daraa provinces.

The trenches and tunnels were discovered today during a mopping-up operation in an area between al-Deb hill and al-Zara town outside Talkalkh in central Homs province, the official news agency reported, citing a military source.

The discovery comes a day after the army units imposed control over hills of Allosh, Jalaleh and al-Deb  which are adjacent to al-Zara town, around 35 km to the north of Homs city.

“There are rooms at the end of the tunnels that were used by terrorists to plan their criminal acts against army and civilians,” the military source said.

It added that observation posts, used by armed terrorist groups to attack civilians and cars on the international road linking Homs and Tartous, were also found during the moping-up operations.

Concurrently, the army units targeted terrorist groupings in towns of al-Ghasebeyeh and al-Dar al-Kabira and in al-Rastan city and destroyed four rocket launchers plus an arms cache in Talf town in al-Hola area outside Homs province.

Non-Syrian terrorists 

They also killed many terrorists of Iraqi, Saudi, Jordanian, Chadian, Tunisian, Egyptian, Turkish and Afghani nationals in Tal al-Qar and Khan Sheikhon Idleb countryside, according to Alikhbaria Syria TV channel.

While in Morek town outside Hama province, a weapons-laden car and terrorist groupings were wiped out by an army unit.

“Many terrorists, some of Arab nationalities, were killed and injured in the town,” a military source declared, announcing names of two Saudi terrorists and a Libyan among the dead.

Two terrorists from al-Nusra Front were eliminated in the southwestern side of al-Sora town to the west of al-Hrak town outside Daraa province.

Qualitative operation in Zabadani

Elsewhere, the army units continued targeting terrorist groupings in areas of Yabroud, Adra, Duma, Darayya, Jobar, Harasta, Kan al-Sheih and Zakyeh, al-Zabadani outside Damascus province.

As many as 15 terrorists died in a qualitative operation in the eastern mountains of al-Zabadani city, according to the official agency.  

Terrorists abduct 4 children

In a separate incident, it was said that an armed terrorist group attacked civilians at the lake of al-Rastan dam near Jedrin town in the southern countryside of Hama province, killing a fisherman and abducting his four children.

A source at Hama governorate made it clear that the terrorist group infiltrated into the Orontes riverbank and opened fire on the fisherman and abducted his four children between the age of 5 and 14.

Another terrorist attack took place in al-Dwe’a quarter in the capital [Damascus] as a shell –fired by terrorist- landed on a home there causing material damages without casualties.

Syria is fighting terrorism exported from around 83 countries.

The US, France, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar sponsor the terrorist groups operating in Syria, according to world media reports.

Basma Qaddour