GOVERNORATES,(ST)_ The armed forces on Sunday pursued armed terrorist groups in several areas, destroyed their gatherings and shelters and killed or wounded scores of them.
In Damascus countryside, several sniper terrorists were eliminated, including Mahmoud Bilal, Ahmad Qabalan, Quteiba al-Daqr, Ali al-Ameer and Firas Fattash , Muhannad Darqish, Younis Naji, Muhammad Abd Rabbo, Ammar al-Aghawani, Hassan al-Lawah, Taha Andora, Ahmad al-Bakka , Abdul Hadi al-Doukhi, Marwan al-Refai and Sadeq al-Ahmad in confrontations in Daraya and Duma farms.
In Idleb countryside , all members of one terrorist group were left killed or injured and four homemade rocket launchers used in the terrorist attacks and criminal operations against civilians in Maaret Misreen farms , were destroyed, an official source said
The source added that large number of Baba Amre and al-Farouk terrorists battalions were killed or wounded and their cars fitted with heavy machine guns were destroyed in Wadi al-Deif in Maaret al-Nu’man.
In rural Homs several terrorists who were committing acts of murder and sabotage in Zafarana and Jobar farms and to the South of Kafraya in rural Homs were eliminated while several terrorist shelters were destroyed near al-Kon mountain in al-Rastan city.
Meantime, the armed forces and border guards achieved direct hits in the ranks of armed terrorist group which tried to sneak from Jordan into the Syria territory at al-Mataeya village in rural Daraa and confiscated their Israeli-made weapons and modern communication devices.
In Bosr al-Hariri, the armed forces killed or wounded several members of terrorist groups which carried out acts of intimidation, vandalism and assault on the property.
Among the killed were Ahmad Ali Omar leader of the so called ” Lajat Shield” terrorist group Ahmad Ali Omar, Mousa Mahmoud al-Aleyan and Yahya and Khaled al-Hariri.
In Hama countryside , the army engineering units dismantled 100 explosives and 50 shell bomb implanted by terrorists in the surrounding of Morek town., and killed , wounded or arrested scores of the devastated terrorists
In Aleppo city and countryside, the armed forces continued military operations against the armed terrorist groups in al-Sfeiara, Khan Touman,, Mang, Rasm al-Abboud , al-Oweijeh, al-Sukkari and Bustan al-Bacha , where a vehicle fitted with Dushka machine gun was destroyed and 25 explosives of different weights were dismantled.
In the context of targeting national cadres, the armed terrorists on Sunday assassinated the director of al-Raqqa al-Awqaf department Abdullah Saleh in front of his house in al- Derya area ,near al-Noor mosque in al-Raqqa .
Earlier, the Ministry of al-Awqaf ( Islamic Endowment) considered armed terrorist groups targeting scholars and al-Awqaf departments directors as a proof to that the war Syria is facing is but a war by terrorist and Takfiri organizations, ,led by al-Qaeda organization against moderation pursued by the Syrian Islamic orientation.
“The martyrdom of Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Director of al-Raqqa endowments for the sake of pride and dignity, will not undermine the will of our great people to continue the way to achieving victory over the forces of evil , darkness and terror.” A statement by the ministry said on Sunday.
The armed terrorist group assassinated on Sunday the director of al-Raqqa endowments Abdullah Saleh as he left his house in Dre’eya area near Al Noor Mosque in the city.
The late martyr was born in al-Qalta village in Raqqa , in 1962 . He got a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Aleppo and a bachelor’s degree in al-Sharia science from the University of Al-Azhar and was appointed Director of Endowments in al-Raqqa, since 2009.
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