Syrian Army Units Clash with Terrorists, Kill Many in Damascus and Its Countryside

Meanwhile, a unit of the armed forces clashed with an armed terrorist group near al-Manasher roundabout in Joubar neighborhood in Damascus Countryside, leaving most of its members killed and injured.

SANA reporter quoted an official source as saying that the clashes resulted in destroying the terrorist group’s gatherings and seizing the weapons and ammunition the terrorists had with them.

The source added that other army units continued hunting terrorists in the farms surrounding Tishreen Hospital and Dahr al-Mastah in Barzeh neighborhood in Damascus and killed a number of them.

Army units eliminated a number of terrorists in Harasta area, including two terrorist group leaders; Osama Omar al-Jabaji and Iyad Rahim.

In al-Ebb farms in Douma area, an Army unit carried out a special operation in which it destroyed a terrorist gathering along with the weapons and munitions in it, eliminating a number of terrorists including Abdellatif al-Debs.

An Army unit killed and injured a number of terrorists in Erbin area, including Ahmad al-Buqai’I and Omar al-Haj, while other units continued pursuing terrorists in the farms around the towns of al-Jarba, al-Bahariya and Qisa, eliminating a number of them including Ahmad Hijazi, the leader of a terrorist group.

In al-Mlaiha, an Army unit pursued a terrorist group east of Tameco pharmaceutical factory, eliminating some of its members including Haitham al-Harastani and Mahmoud al-Tounsi.

In the town of Hejjeira, a weapons and munitions cache was destroyed and a number of terrorists were eliminated, one of which was identified as Mohammad Deeb al-Bassal.

Units of the armed forces eliminated numbers of terrorists in al-Nabek, Haramleh and Jobar in Damascus countryside.

An official source told SANA that clashes between a unit of the armed forces and a terrorist group in the area surrounding al-Nabek city left several terrorists dead, among them ‘Subhi al-Zirai’ and ‘Khaled al-Tayyip.’

The source added that a number of terrorists, among them a sniper, were killed near Haramleh tunnel to the east of Zamalka in an operation that also destroyed terrorists’ weapons and armor.

The source added that ongoing operations in Jobar destroyed a weapons’ cache and ammunition for terrorists and killed many, among them Youssef Makka.