Eastern Ghouta: Terrorists Going Under Siege in Harasta

The army men engaged in tough battle with Ahrar al-Sham East of the town of Harasta in Eastern Ghouta and imposed control over several farms and a key point South of al-Birouni Hospital.

Also, as field source said that the army men deployed only a thousand meters away from al-Birouni petrol station that brings them very close to laying a full siege on the remaining parts of Harasta that is still under terrorists’ control.

Head of the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) Rami Abdulrahman said that the army has deployed only 2 km away from Douma, the largest terrorist-held town in Eastern Ghouta and the main stronghold of Jeish al-Islam.

In the meantime, Central network of the Russia-run Humeimim airbase in Lattakia province announced that the army units are advancing into the depth of Eastern Ghouta from the West and their comrades are doing the same from the East.

As a result of the recent advances, the Syrian Army now finds themselves within 3.5 km of splitting the East Ghouta pocket in half.

Field sources reported on Monday that the army troops purged 40 percent of Eastern Ghouta of terrorists within the framework of their night operations and after the hours of the daily ceasefire in region end.

The sources said that the army men managed to advance against terrorists in different flanks and deployed near the settlements of Mesraba and Beit Sawa, imposing control over almost 37 percent of lands in Eastern Ghouta in the last several nights.

The sources further said that other army units managed to take control over 3 percent of Eastern Ghouta in Harasta region, adding that an approximate 40 percent of Eastern Ghouta has been liberated in the operations in recent nights.

The militants’ continued attacks on non-military targets have caused the Syrian Army to intensify attacks on terrorists after hours of daily truce in Eastern Ghouta.