Syrian Arab Army Eliminate 40 Terrorists in Eastern Ghouta — Hundreds of Families Return to Al-Moaddameyeh City
PROVINCES,(ST)_Hundreds of displaced families have started to return to ‘Moaddameyet al-Sham’ city outside Damascus under national reconciliation in sync with the continuation of military operations against foreign-backed terrorist groups nationwide.
The displaced families started on Monday to return to ‘al-Moaddameyeh’ area, around 15km to the south-west of Damascus, according to national reconciliation for which the Syrian government is seeking across the country, the Alikhbaria al-Soreyeh TV Channel said.
On January 25th, hundreds of displaced families returned home in Barzeh district, just few kilometers from Damascus, under national reconciliation efforts.
Military operation in 7 provinces
The reconciliation efforts coincided with carrying out military operations against terrorist groupings outside Damascus, Daraa, Homs and Lattakia provinces and in Aleppo, Der Ezzour and al-Hassaka provinces.
The operations resulted in eliminating dozens of terrorists, some belong to al-Nusra Front and the so-called the ‘Islamic Front’, and destroying a large chunk of weapons in several areas in the said provinces, according to the official news agency.
Military sources declared that at least 40 terrorists were killed in al-Mliha area outside Damascus and 3 ringleaders died in Salma town outside Damascus province.
They confirmed the destruction of two arms caches for terrorists and a tanker carrying stolen fuel outside Lattakia and many weapons-laden cars outside Aleppo and Der Ezzour provinces.
While in the oil-rich northeastern province of al-Hassaka, the army units targeted terrorist groupings on the outskirts of the Tishreen oil field, according to the Syrian TV channel.
Terrorists kill at least 5 school students
In a separate development, the terrorists fired 4 rockets on al-Rabe’a town in western Hama countryside and detonated an explosive device planted inside the IT department in the Directorate of Finance in Aleppo.
Well over 5 school students were martyred and several others wounded when a rocket landed on the periphery of a school in al-Rabe’a town, a police command source said.
It noted that the terrorist attack caused material damages to the school and cars at the scene.
Explosion in Aleppo finance Directorate
As for the explosion inside the Finance Directorate in Aleppo, the Alikhbaria al-Soreyeh screened a video tape showing the serious damages at the IT Department.
It confirmed that no one was hurt in the explosion which happened at around 7:00 am (local time).
Syria is fighting terrorism exported from around 83 countries.
The US, France, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar sponsor terrorist groups operation in Syria, according to media reports.
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