Syria in Last 24 Hours: Army Kills Tens of Terrorists in South, North

The Syrian army continued its advances in different regions across the country, specially in the Northern and the Southern parts, and killed a large number of foreign-backed terrorists.
Tens of terrorists, including Al-Nusra Front Takfiri terrorists and the Free Syrian Army militants, were killed in Quneitra countryside.

The Syrian army also hit the positions of Al-Nusra Front terrorist group in Jebel al-Zawiya region and killed tens of terrorists in that area, including an Al-Nusra commander named Abu Ons Al-Tunisi.

Also in the past 24 hours, Kurdish Pishmarga forces killed around 30 members of the ISIL terrorist group in Syria’s Northern city of al-Qamishli.

The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) succeeded in recapturing the village of Abu Qasayeb in the Tal Hamis area in Southeast al-Qamishli, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The observatory said three YPG fighters also were killed in the operation to recapture the village, which was seized by the ISIL on Tuesday.

Syrian government’s troops and the YPG have recently been engaged in clashes with the ISIL in the predominantly Kurdish city of al-Qamishli as part of a broader conflict that has gripped Syria for about four years.

Elsewhere, Syrian Armed Forces, in a series of heavy clashes, killed, injured and arrested a large number of militants in various areas across Damascus province.

The Syrian Army inflicted heavy losses upon militants in the farms and villages of al-Ghouta, al-Qalamoun and Khan al-Sheikh in Damascus countryside.

So many anti-government fighters were also killed by the Syrian soldiers across Joubar in Damascus countryside.

In Douma, army men raided gathering centers of militants which resulted in killing of many fighters.

Meantime, the Syrian troops killed so many terrorist, most of them non-Syrian, in the villages of al-Khadra, al-Soda, Qall’et Boujaq, al-Durra, Jabal Zahiyeh, al-Frunloq reserve and al-Qantara in the Northern countryside of Lattakia.

Abdul-Rahman al-Samadi and Mahmoud Tallawi, who were both leaders of the so-called “Ahrar al-Sham”, were killed in army’s operations.

Terrorist Ahmad Ali al-Abdulla, a leader in the so-called “Ansar al-Sham “ was also identified among the killed terrorists, in addition to Mahran al-Sous, Hisham Abu Zaid, Suhaib al-Azawi and Muaffaq Ishmawi.

Also, a military source announced that various areas in Homs province were the scenes of heavy clashes between the Syrian Army and the foreign-backed militant groups whose members were killed, injured and arrested in the battlefronts.

The Syrian army killed and injured many militants in Mas’ada, Um al-Reesh, Rajm al-Qasr, Rahhoum, Onq al-Hawa, Jebb al-Jarrah and al-Saan in the countryside of the central province of Homs.

In al-Rastan area, 24 km North of Homs downtown, which has been one of al-Nusra Front’s important strongholds in the province, many terrorists were killed on al-Ghajar-Kiseen road, while a long convoy of their vehicles was exploded by the army.

Another long convoy of militants’ vehicles loaded with weapons and ammunitions was targeted by the army in Kafr Lata and Ma’saran in the countryside of the Northern Province of Idlib.

Army soldiers also targeted a number of gatherings of militants in Taftanaz, Fayloun, al-Tibat, Kamb al-Alman, Tal Salmo, al-Bya’at, Qara’ al-Ghazal and Harsh Ishtabraq in Idlib countryside, leaving many terrorists dead and many others wounded.

An informed military source announced that the Syrian army has gained a sustainable upper-hand against militant fighters in various areas of Daraa Province.

The Syrian army’s massive operations in al-Sheikh Miskeen, North of the Southern province of Daraa, have resulted in the killing and wounding of so many militants who preferred to flee the battlefields than resisting.

Several gathering centers of terrorists in Inkhel town, Northwest of Daraa city, were directly targeted by the army men who killed, wounded and arrested too many militants.

Syria has been targeted by the international terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda, al-Nusra Front, Ahrar al-Sham, Ansar al-Sham and the ISIL since 2011.

Full supports of certain western powers and their regional allies fueled security crisis in Syria, but the country’s army and government did not take even one step back in their anti-terrorism campaign, and have vowed to continue their fight until eradication of insurgency and restoration of peace and tranquility to the Middle-Eastern country.