The army restores security to more areas, inflicts heavy losses on ISIS and Al-Nusra terrorists

Provinces – The army and armed forces continued Thursday fighting terrorists of ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra in different provinces of the country, killing and injuring them, restoring security to more areas, SANA reported.

Aleppo

Stability and security restored to Khanaser

In the northern province of Aleppo, army units restored stability and security to Khanaser town in the south-eastern countryside of the province, after eliminating the last remaining gatherings of ISIS.

A field source said that army units carried out military operations during the past 48 hours against fortifications and hideouts of ISIS terrorists who infiltrated into Khanaser town last Tuesday.

It added that the operations resulted in restoring the strategic town of Khanaser and inflicting heavy losses upon the Takfiri terrorists.

Homs

The Syrian army’s air force destroyed 4 positions for Takfiri terrorist organizations in Palmyra, Beir al-Afaei, Mhasseh and Talbeiseh in the countryside of Homs province.

Deir Ezzor

ISIS terrorists’ gatherings eliminated

Army units clashed with groups of ISIS terrorists at the surrounding area of Deir-Ezzor Airport and Beit Dogheim village in Deir-Ezzor province, inflicting heavy losses upon the terrorists.

A field source said that an army unit destroyed a car equipped with a machine-gun near the Agriculture College building.

The source pointed out that army units carried out concentrated operations, eliminating ISIS groups’ gatherings in the neighborhoods of al-Erfi and al-Jbeila, in addition to destroying several cars heading to the city of Deir Ezzor on al-Syasia Bridge.

An army unit targeted movements of ISIS terrorists to the south of Euphrates Center in al- Morei’ea village in the eastern countryside of the province, destroying a tank of the terrorists.

In the western countryside of the province, army units destroyed a rocket launcher of ISIS in Ayash town.

The terrorist Wali al-Shaddadi- also called by ISIS Abu Osama al-Iraqi by ISIS- and Abu Sayyaf al-Libi (the Libyan) were killed during the operations.

Daraa

An army unit destroyed two vehicles equipped with 23mm machineguns for Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Om Walad in the eastern countryside of Daraa province, a military source said.

The terrorists suffered heavy losses in the army’s operations that targeted their movements and supply routes northeast of al-Yadouda town in the northwestern countryside of Daraa province.

Army units targeted gatherings for terrorist organizations in al-Bahar neighborhood, al-Bajabjeh and southwest of al-Nazeheen Camp Park in Daraa the city.

Meanwhile, terrorist organizations admitted on their media webpages to killing a number of their members, pointing out that three terrorists from the medical cadre of Jabhat al-Nusra were killed in an ambush in the western countryside of Daraa province.