The army establishes control over more strategic areas in Lattakia northern countryside

Provinces – The army on Saturday advanced in many areas of Syrian cities, establishing full control over new strategic areas and hills in Lattakia northern countryside, SANA reported.

Lattakia

Army units, in cooperation with the popular defense groups, established control over the hills overlooking al-Sarraf village in the northern countryside of Lattakia.

 The Points 489, 465 and 547 that overlook al-Durreh axis and al-Sarraf crossing also came under the army’s control.

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

Many of the terrorists were killed during the army operations, which the source said were “intensive”, while others ran away.

Later on the day,  an army unit and the popular defense groups established control over the villages of al-Mreij, al-Kart al-Fouqani and al-Kart al-Tahtani and a number of strategic hills in the same countryside.

Deir Ezzor 

A unit of the army destroyed an armored vehicle filled with huge quantities of explosives for the Islamic State (ISIS) before reaching one of the military points in the surrounding of Ayash village in the province’s western countryside.

Meanwhile, another army unit confronted a number of ISIS terrorists who have infiltrated into al-Baghiliah village, inflicting them heavy losses and killed many of them.

Daraa

The army carried out a special operation against terrorists of Jabhat al-Nusra, destroying their gatherings to the south of Busra square and in al-Abassiya and al-Karck in Daraa al-Mahata.

Meanwhile, terrorist organizations have acknowledged on their websites the killing of a number of terrorists, among them Muhanad Jamal al-Hussein.

Sweida

An army unit targeted positions of ISIS terrorists in the northeastern countryside of the southern Sweida province.

A number of ISIS centers and depots containing amounts of weapons and ammunition were destroyed in Ashayhib village.