Syrian Arab army enters al-Qsir city

PROVINCES,(ST)_Syrian Arab army moves forwards in four fronts outside Homs, Damascus, Hama and Daraa provinces and inflicts heavy losses upon foreign-backed terrorists there.

 In details, the units of armed forces have entered al-Qsir city, which is the foreign-backed terrorists’ stronghold in the central Homs province, and imposed control over southern and eastern alleys after fierce fighting.

“As many as 60 gunmen have been killed in the fighting”, the Beirut-based al-Mayadden TV channel said.

It quoted a military source as saying: “the Syrian army purposely left the western side of al-Qsir city open as a safe exit for citizens… a huge number of gunmen had laid down their weapons and tried to flee with the citizens.”

The Syrian al-Ikhbaria al-Soreyeh asserted that the Syrian Arab army has entered al-Qsir city from three sides.

In this context SANA reported that the units of armed forces eliminated unknown number of terrorists and their leaders and pounded their arms cashes in al-Soq and Karajat areas inside the city.

It added that security has been restored to the stadium, surrounding of western alley, cultural center, church, municipality square, and al-Gheta area in al-Qsir city.

On the other hand, the armed forces confiscated an Israeli-made law rocket and quantity of weapons and ammunitions, which were with an armed terrorist group, on Homs-Palmyra main road.

Barza al-Balad ,a district in Damascus, saw intense clashes between units of armed forces and terrorist groups near Tishreen Hospital and residential areas resulted in killing and injuring most of the groups’ members.

In addition, the armed forces pounded terrorists’ hideouts and weapons in Doma and Adra al-Balad areas and clashed with terrorist groups in Jobar and Darayya areas outside the capital.

Fighting near military airports  

In the northern Aleppo province, the units of armed forces eliminated several armed terrorist groups near Meneg airport, central prison, Kweres airport and Khan al-Assal area, according to a military source.

While, Bestan al-Qaser, Sheikh Maqsod, al-Haydareya and B’edin squares, al-Layramon, al-Ma’amel, and Dahret Abdrabbo areas in the same province have witnessed fierce fighting between the armed forces and terrorist groups.

Elsewhere, the units of armed forces shelled hideouts of terrorists in several sites in countryside of Idleb, Hama, Daraa and Lattakia provinces where unknown number of al-Nusra Front-affiliated terrorists were eliminated.

Some of the killed terrorists are of Arab and foreign nationalities.

In the southern Daraa province, a unit of armed forces repels a terrorist group’s bid to sneak into Daraa al-Balad from Jordan and kill 8 terrorists, according to Alikhbaria al-Soreyeh

Car blasts on Homs road

In a separate incident, two suicide terrorists blasted two cars near blankets factory on al-Msherfeh-Homs road and near sheep market on al-Salmeya-Homs road.

The two blasts led to the fall of 4 martyrs and 13 wounded.

Meanwhile, al-Nusra Front-affiliated terrorists fired today several mortar shells on Mharde power station outside Hama province, causing fire in it.

Helfaya town under army’s control

Later on today, the armed forces imposed control over Helfaya town, north Hama countryside, after fierce fighting with terrorists ended in crushing all of them.

A military source told SANA that Halfaya locals can return their homes in the town as of Tuesday, 21 May, noting that rehabilitation works have started there.

It added that tens of explosive devices, which were planted by terrorists on the main road to Helfaya town, have been dismantled. 

Syria is facing a foreign-backed war that aims to weaken the Syrian Arab army and destroy national economy to serve Israel’s interests in the region.

The US, France, Britain, Qatar, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia fund and support the terrorist groups, who perpetrate heinous crimes against citizen and destroy Syria’s infrastructure

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