Syrian Arab army tightens control on Palmyra’s southern farms, seizes big quantity of C-4
PROVINCES,(ST)_ Most of the areas that have turned to be battlegrounds in 10 provinces are still witnessing either sporadic or continuous fighting, as mopping up operations are being carried out in the areas to which stability and security have been restored.
These areas reportedly became battlegrounds after the foreign-backed terrorists had entered them and forced citizens to flee their homes in order to use them as hideouts to plot terrorist attacks and to store weapons.
Among these areas, which are just few kilometers away from the country’s’ capital (Damascus), we can enumerate- alQabon, Jobar, and Harasta where unrelenting fighting between the armed forces and the armed terrorist groups has been reported.
The outcome of today’s operations in the said three areas, as SANA said, ended in killing and injuring many terrorists, mostly affiliated to the so-called ‘Islam’ brigade.
The same news agency added that other terrorists were eliminated in the areas of al-Bahhareyeh, al-Eb farms (in Doma), al-Shefoneyeh, al-Hseneyeh, Hajjira, Darayya, and Yabroud. It announced the names of 14 identified terrorists including three ringleaders.
Most of the terrorists killed in these areas were from the so-called ‘Shabab al-Houda’ battalion and the ‘Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant’.
Palmyra
On the other hand, the armed forces continued advancing in Palmyra and imposed control over the southern farms there. They also defused tens of explosive devices planted by terrorists in the farms during a mopping-up operation, according to an official source.
Two days ago (on August 27th), the armed forces took control of the eastern and southern sides of Palmyra city.
Big quantity of ‘C-4’ seized
This advance coincided with cracking down on terrorists in quarters of al-Hamedeyeh and al-Warsheh and shelling terrorists’ hideouts in Tal al-Omari, al-Rastan and al-Dar al-Kabira, Talbiseh, Ein Hsen in central Homs province.
An official source declared that the armed forces seized a big quantity of C-4 substance as they thwarted terrorists’ bid to sneak into Qazhal town outside Homs.
35 areas
Elsewhere, the armed forces crushed an unknown number of terrorists, mostly affiliated to al-Nusra Front, and destroyed rocket launchers and heavy machine guns in more than 35 areas in Aleppo, Daraa, Quneitra, and Idlib provinces.
Idlib hit by shells
In a separate incident, it was said that 4 citizens were martyred and several others wounded when mortar shells landed in the faculties of Literature, Education, and Science and in residential areas in Idlib province.
The shells fired by terrorists also caused serious damages at the scenes.
Earlier, the Syrian TV channel reported that 4 citizens were wounded in a detonation of booby-trap near al-Kahra square in al-Hasaka city.
Terrorists’ supporters
Syria is facing a foreign-backed war that aims at weakening its army and debilitating 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 citizen and destroy Syria’s infrastructure, with arms, money and media coverage.
Now, these countries are working around the clock to justify an illegal military aggression against the county in order to aid and abet the defeated terrorists, mostly affiliated to the blacklisted al-Nusra front.
B.Q