Syrian Arab army eliminates 11 terrorists in Homs, defuses 12 booby-traps

PROVINCES,(ST)_Units of the armed forces press ahead with the military operation called ‘Capital Shield’ and inflict heavy losses on foreign-backed terrorists operating  in Homs, Daraa, al-Hassaka and Aleppo provinces.

According to media reports, the first achievement scored in the ‘capital Shield’ operation was the armed forces’ advance in al-Moaddameyeh town, which has a strategic site because it is the western entry to Ghouta.

While the operation’s second goal is to take control of Damascus-Homs highway in order to cut off supply lines to terrorists in the eastern Ghouta. So, gun-battles have remained unrelenting in suburbs of al-Qabon and Jobar to realize this goal.

Series of operations outside Damascus

Today, the armed forces clashed with terrorists near al-Manasher square in Jobar suburb and cracked down on the armed terrorist groups in suburbs of Barzeh, Zamalka and Doma. They also eliminated many terrorists in al-Dyabeyeh, al-Hseneyeh, Hajjira, Daraya, al-Zabadani and al-Rheba areas outside Damascus.

Several terrorists from al-Nusra Front including a sniper were reportedly among the dead in the said suburbs as a chunk of weapons were also destroyed.

Talbiseh’s ‘Sharia Court’ pounded

In another development, the armed forces mowed down four terrorists in a tailored operation near the Post Office in al-Rastan area in  central Homs province and foiled terrorists’ bid to detonate three explosive devices weighing 15-20 kg/ each between Qbibat al-Asi and al-Kerzli towns to the north of al-Rastan.

They, in addition, pounded a hideout of terrorists to the west of the Citadel and destroyed headquarters of the so-called ‘Sharia Court’ and six weapons-laden cars in Talbiseh area, according to an official source.

Well over seven terrorists, who were inside the court’s headquarters, perished.

Another source noted that the armed forces dismantled nine booby-traps weighing 40-50 kg/each in Palmyra city and found a rocket launcher in the city’s southern farms.

Elsewhere, the armed forces crushed many terrorists in more than 20 areas in Aleppo, Daraa, and al-Hassaka provinces.

Shells hit al-Fayhaa stadium

In a separate incident, at least a citizen was martyred and 8 others wounded, over the past 24 hours, in mortar and rocket attacks targeted al-Mesh’rfeh town in Homs province and al-Fayhaa Stadium in Damascus.

The mortar attack, which took place today morning at 9:00 am (local time), targeted al-Fayhaa Stadium and caused martyrdom of, Mohammad Ali Ne’ameh, a Taekwondo player, leaving 7 citizens wounded.

The rocket attack occurred when the terrorists, hiding in Ein Hsen town,  last night fired three rockets on citizens’ homes  in al-Mesh’rfeh town leaving a woman wounded and big damages to homes at the scene, according to an official source.

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