Syrian Army establishes control over the suburb of Salama town and other villages

Provinces – The army, in cooperation with the public defense groups, continues its operations  across the country, assuming control of more areas, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their vehicles, SANA reported.

Lattakia

Army units, in cooperation with the popular defense groups, established full control over the suburb of Salama town and Tirtyah village in the northeastern countryside of Lattakia.

 Jirn al-Qalaa hills, Qaraqfi Mount and the areas of Rweiset al-Qalaa, Shish al-Qadi, Dahr al-Adra and Rweiset al-Toyour also came under the army’s control.

“Intensified operations” using tactics special for the rough and mountainous geography of the region were carried out in the process of assuming control of the abovementioned areas, who affirmed that heavy losses were inflicted upon the terrorists, who are mostly from Jabhat al-Nusra and the so-called “Ahrar al-Sahel Brigade”.

The army units, later combed the areas and dismantled the explosive devices and mines planted by the terrorist organizations.

Meanwhile, field sources said that increasing numbers of terrorists have been fleeing clashes with the army personnel and the popular defense groups, who have recently made significant advances in the northern and northeastern countryside of Lattakia.

Hama

In the same context, army units in cooperation with the popular defense groups established control over Jarjiseh town and the area north of al-Rastan Lake in the southern countryside of Hama province, while a group of terrorists turned themselves in to the army in the same area.

Aleppo

An army unit destroyed two heavy vehicles for terrorist organizations in Bani Zaid neighborhood and al-Lairamoun area in Aleppo.

Daraa

The Takfiri terrorist organizations acknowledged that six of their members were killed in the countryside of Daraa province, including one of the terrorist organization Jabhat al-Nusra leaders.

The terrorist organizations posted on their social media WebPages the death of the so called “Abu Raghad” one of the Jabhat al-Nusra prominent leaders in Hawran, clarifying that he was shot and killed by unknown side in Um al-Mayathen town, 10 km southeast of Daraa city.

Further, the terrorist organizations acknowledged that they suffered heavy losses in equipment and weaponry in al-Sheikh Miskeen city in addition to killing five of their members where the army is fighting terrorists.