
The resistance fighters engaged in fierce clashes with Al-Nusra terrorists and managed to impose control over the regions of Javar al-Sheih, Wadi Kreiti, Zalil al-Abyadh and Saraj Qavisaf South of Arsal heights.
The Hezbollah forces also captured Qarna Wadi al-Kheil region and Qarna al-Qanzah height.
In the meantime, Hezbollah’s missile units shelled terrorists’ positions heavily in Wadi al-Oweni triangle and Wadi al-Kheil region in Arsal heights, inflicting major losses on the militants.
Arab media reports said on Friday that the Syrian Army troop and the Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, backed up by the Russian Air Force, are to kick off a fresh round of operations against ISIL and Al-Nusra Front at border with Lebanon.
The Arabic-language al-Hadath news reported that the tactical plans have been prepared for military operation against ISIL and Al-Nusra Front in Jaroud mountain and the Syrian soldiers and Hezbollah fighters, equipped by modern Russian weapons, will start imminently their operation against terrorists.
In the meantime, the Russian Air Force will support the Syrian soldiers and Hezbollah with surveillance and combat missions in the operation.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese Army embarked on reinvigorating its positions at the borders with Syria to defend border villages against possible revenge attacks of the terrorists and block their flow into Lebanese territories while fleeing the battlefields in Syria.