Syria: Competent Authorities Foil Infiltration Attempt in Homs Countryside

The competent authorities eliminated a terrorist group attempted to infiltrate in a car from al-Tanf area towards the safe areas south of Tadmour (Palmyra) eastern countryside of Homs province.

SANA reported that the authorities detected the US-backed terrorist groups in al-Tanf area on the Syrian –Iraqi border, as they managed to kill members of a terrorist group that tried to sneak from al-Tanf area at night by a car in Badiya al-Hilbah, 70 km south of Tadmour.

The reporter added bodies of two terrorists were identified, including the Iraqi terrorist Elias Younis Hammoud al-Hilal who was wearing an explosive belt, as well as machineguns, RPGs, and an automatic rifle were found when the authorities were searching around the destroyed car.

In eastern countryside of Tadmour, the authorities thwarted an infiltration attempt by a terrorist group, while they were riding their motors in al-Talilah area, 20 km to the east of Tadmour, arresting three terrorists and confiscating the motors.