Syrian Arab Army Kills 10 Terrorists in Ambush, Advances in Homs

PROVINCES,(ST)_At least 10 terrorists have been mowed down in an ambush in Homs province amid reports of air strikes against terrorist groupings in many areas across the country.

The official news agency reported on Sunday that the army units ambushed terrorists on Ein alNesr-Sheikh Hamid road in al-Mesherfeh area outside Homs province where 10 terrorists died and their car was destroyed.

It added that the army units recorded a remarkable progress in defeating terrorist groups from al-Bar’daeyyat farms nearby al-Zara town in Talkalkh countryside outside Homs province.

Scores of terrorists, some of Saudi, Lebanese, Jordanian nationalities, perished in the said farms and in al-Zara town as well as in al-Safsafeh, Em al-Tweni and al-Jarf towns, a military source declared.

Infiltration bids

The source added that an army unit, in cooperation with the border guards, repelled terrorists’ infiltration bid from Lebanon into Tal al-Naemat in the southern countryside of al-Qusair.

Some 6 terrorists were killed.

Another infiltration attempt by an armed terrorist group from the old city of Aleppo into nearby safe areas was foiled.

A military source declared that the terrorist group’s members were killed and injured.

It confirmed the death of a large number of terrorists and destruction of many weapons-laden cars in around 14 towns outside Aleppo and Idleb provinces.

Clashes in Daraa

In southern Daraa province, the army units clashed with terrorists who tried to attack garrisons at the junction of Othman town and on the outskirts of Kherbet Ghazaleh town.

The clashes resulted in eliminating an unknown number of terrorists, some belong to the so-called the ‘al-Imam’ battalion from al-Nusra Front, and destroying 2 mortars plus 4 cars equipped with heavy machine guns.

Other 14 terrorists were reportedly killed when the army units targeted a building in Othman town.

While in Damascus countryside province, a series of operations were carried out against terrorist groupings in the areas of Duma, al-Mliha, Ein Tarma, al-Zabadani, Ma’aloula, Jab’adin, Saidnaya, Darayya, Khan al-Sheih and al-Qadam.

The operations, according to the Syrian TV channel, ended in eliminating dozens of terrorists.

Shells hit Jaramana

The same province [Damascus countryside] witnessed a terrorist attack when shells hit several residential areas in Jaramana district, around 7km to the south-east of Damascus, leaving at least 24 citizens wounded.

The shells, which were fired by terrorists, landed on quarters of al-Janayen, al-Jam’eyat, al-Rawda, al-Talaleh, Daf al-Sakher, al-Baidar and on al-Bassel and al-Madares [schools] streets as well as on the “Martyr Hassan Bashir” School and the “Martyr Walid Jabr” School.

Women and children were among the wounded, a police command source said.

Another terrorist attack happened in Asal al-Ward area, around 55km to the north of Damascus, where at least 3 citizens were wounded by detonation of an explosive device planted by terrorists outside the threshold of the house of the Damascus Farmers Federation’s Head .

Syria is fighting terrorism exported from around 83 countries.

The US, France, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar sponsor the terrorist groups operating in Syria, according to media reports.

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