Syrian Arab army finds a tunnel in Barzeh, regains security to Wadi al-Sayeh quarter

PROVINCES,(ST)_Units of armed forces continue targeting foreign-backed terrorists and destroying their weapons nationwide as security has been restored to Wadi al-Sayeh quarter in the central Homs province.

Today, two arms caches and several hideouts of al-Nusra Front-affiliated terrorists were pounded in Jerod and Adra areas outside Damascus amid reports of finding a 40-meter tunnel south-east Tishreen hospital in Barzeh quarter.

An official source declared that dozens of terrorists and a ringleader of the so-called ‘al-Tawhid movement’ were eliminated in farms of Jerod town, north-west Erbin town in the eastern Ghouta and in Harasta suburb.

15 terrorists killed in al-Zabadani

It added that a unit of the armed forces carried out a specific operation against terrorists’ hideout in al-Ajjan square in al-Zabadani city (about 45 km north of the capital) ended in killing at least 15 terrorists.

Other terrorists were reportedly killed in Der Ateyeh, Qarra, and Yabroud areas (80-88 km north of Damascus).

On the other hand, a quarrel broke out between two terrorist groups in Der Qanon town in Wado Barada area (outside Damascus) over sharing loots. Most of the groups’ members were dead.

Wadi al-sayeh quarter under army’s control

Actually, the terrorists have been inflicted heavy losses not only outside Damascus but also in Homs province where the units of the armed forces imposed control over Wadi al-sayeh quarter and targeted several terrorist groupings in quarters of al-Qarabis and Bab Hod and outside al-Holeh, Talkalkh and al-Rastan.

The armed forces, in addition, shelled a hideout of terrorists in al-Alyaneyeh area outside Palmyra while competent authorities seized stolen antiques in a farm outside Palmyra.    

At the same time, engineering units dismantled 5 explosive devices planted by terrorists on Homs-Sab’a Bayar road.

Concerning operations in the northern provinces, it was reported that fighting raged between units of the armed forces and terrorist groups in al-Sheikh Maqsoud and Bestan al-Qaser areas in Aleppo.

An official source said that many terrorists were killed and others injured in the fighting which coincided with operations in the surrounding Aleppo central prison and Meneg airbase.

Anti-aircraft weapons were reportedly destroyed in the operations that took place in the surrounding area of the prison. 

Units of the armed forces also crushed terrorists who tried to attack several garrisons in Idlib province, as locals of Hatleh town outside Der Ezzour province confronted an armed terrorist group’s attack on their town.

In Lattakia countryside, a unit of armed forces destroyed a hideout of terrorists in Rabe’a town.

Shells hit Aleppo city

In a separate development, terrorists’ shells left several citizens wounded and massive damages in a residential area in Aleppo province.

An official source said: “the terrorists fired today three shells landed on two schools- Mazen Dabbagh and Huda Sha’arawi- in the new Serian suburb,” citing that displaced people, who fled heir homes in several towns outside Aleppo because of terrorists’ acts, are living in the schools.

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

The US, France, Britain, Qatar, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia supply the terrorist groups, who perpetrate heinous crimes against citizens and destroy Syria’s infrastructure, with arms, money and media coverage.

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