Syrian Arab army mops up al-Dyabeyeh town, raids terrorists’ vehicles

PROVINCES,(ST)_Units of the armed forces are mopping up the two areas that were recently cleansed of terrorists in Damascus countryside and have repelled infiltration attempts into safe areas in Aleppo and Homs provinces and further destroyed vehicles in Daraa, Idlib and Quneitra provinces.

According to military source, the mopping up operation in al-Dyabeyeh town in southern Damascus countryside resulted so far in discovering a conduit containing booby-traps plus confiscating Turkish-made cell phones, Jordanian passports, Palestinian document, military maps of Damascus countryside and a quantity of materials used in making bombs.

40-hour-long operation

On Wednesday, the armed forces imposed control over Al-Dyabeyeh and al-Hseneyeh towns after a 40-hour-long military operation during which hundreds of terrorists belonging to the so called ‘Ahfad al-Rasoul’, ‘Hettin’ brigade, ‘Golan’ brigade and al-Nusra Front died.

Tens of explosive devices, planted in towns’ roads and homes, were defused and many terrorists were nabbed in the operation but the number was not reported.  

This strategic achievement will pave the way for restoring stability and security to the road linking Damascus- Sbeneh- Najha-and Sweida and clamp down on terrorists in the nearby towns of Hajjira and Bweida, a military source said.

As for operations in other areas in Damascus countryside, the official news agency reported that the armed forces wiped out armed terrorist groups in al-Qamo’a Hill in Yabroud area as well as in Khan al-Sheih, farms of Bet Jen and sheep market in al-Nabk area.

An unknown of terrorists perished in the said areas and in 4 areas- al-Qarabis, Bab Hod, al-Qosor, al-Dar al-Kabira- in central Homs province and in 10 areas in Idlib province.

Infiltration attempts

On the other hand, the armed forces thwarted terrorists’ bids to infiltrate (from Lebanon territories) into al-Zara town outside Tal Kalkh in Homs province and into Salaheddin quarter in Aleppo city.

An official source announced names of 7 terrorists, mostly ringleaders, among the dead, in the past 28 hours, in the failed infiltration attempt into Salaheddin quarter in Aleppo province.

It noted that the armed forces destroyed many weapons-laden cars in Der Hafer, al-Jabbol, Eran, north the central prison, and on Aleppo-Raqqa road and on al-Kastillo road.

Quarrel between terrorists

The same province witnessed, according to locals, a quarrel between terrorist groups from al-Nusra Front in al-Helwaneyeh square and al-Indarat quarter where several terrorists perished.

Moving toward the south of the country, the armed forces reportedly eliminated many terrorists in Tal al-Mahs and destroyed vehicles for terrorists on Kafr Shams-Aqraba road outside Daraa province and al-Morabba’at area, to the north-west of Tal al-Hara outside al-Quneitra province.

Terrorist attacks

In a separate incident, at least a woman was wounded in a detonation of an explosive device- planted by terrorists- in al-Nasera quarter in al-Hassaka city.

Locals of the quarter arrested the terrorist who had planted the explosive device and surrendered him to competent authorities, a source at al-Hassaka governorate said.

While in Homs province, it was said that the terrorists fired shells and rockets on Joret al-Shayah quarter and towns of al-Mekhatareyeh and al-Ashrafeyeh causing material damages. No casualties reported.

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