Syrian Arab army foils terrorists’ attempt to sneak into Meneg airbase

PROVINCES,(ST)-An official source has denied reports that terrorists have captured part of Meneg military airbase in the northern Aleppo province, confirming the death of 4 terrorist ringleaders outside Damascus.

It made it clear that  units of the armed forces repelled today al-Nusra Front-linked terrorists’ attempt to infiltrate from nearby areas into the Meneg airbase.

“The fabricated reports about terrorists’ capture of part of the airbase aims at lifting spirits of the terrorists who got knockout blows over the past few days, the source said.

It added: “Many terrorists, who were preparing to attack the airbase, were killed. Besides, three arms caches and a mortar were destroyed in Ein Daqn village  located just 3km east of the airbase.”

4 terrorist ringleaders eliminated

It was also reported that  dozens of terrorists, most of them are non-Syrians, have been crushed when they tried to sneak into al-Shwehneh hill (in the northern Aleppo countryside) to which security was restored few days ago.

Other areas-allayramon, Bestan al-Qaser, Sheikh Maqsoud, Bani Zed, al-Ashrafeyeh, al-Amereyeh, al-Naqqarin, and surrounding of the central prison- in the same province have witnessed intense clashes between units of the armed forces and al-Nusra Front-linked terrorist groups which ended in eliminating an unknown number of terrorists.

The clashes occurred as  units of the armed forces eliminated 3 terrorist ringleaders in Doma suburb and a fourth at al-Shefoneyeh area outside the capital.

Several terrorists were also reportedly killed in Harasta and Hajjira areas in the same province (Damascus countryside) amid reports of continuing  the army’s operations against terrorist groupings in many areas in Homs, Palmyra, and Der Ezzour provinces.

Explosive device detonated in Damascus

In a separate incident, terrorists detonated today at dawn an explosive device attached to a car near Dar la-Shefa’a hospital in Damascus.

 The car’s driver was wounded and  admitted to the hospital.

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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