Syria in Last 24 Hours: Army Continues March in Anti-ISIL Operations in Southern Damascus

The ISIL’s military positions in Hajar al-Aswad region were heavily pounded by the army.

The government troops made considerable advances in Southern Damascus after engaging in heavy clashes with the ISIL in al-Qadam and Sabineh directions South and West of Hajar al-Aswad.

The Syrian army units took control of al-Fallahin gas station near al-Alaf region of Hajar al-Aswad after advancing in al-Qadam region.

Meantime, the Syrian army continued its military advances in other parts of Syria over the past 24 hours.

Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured during the Syrian army’s operations in provinces across Syria.

Damascus

The Syrian army continued its heavy military operations against the ISIL terrorist group from several directions in Hajar al-Aswad region in Southern Damascus.

The government troops made considerable advances in Southern Damascus after engaging in heavy clashes with the ISIL in al-Qadam and Sabineh directions South and West of Hajar al-Aswad.

The Syrian army units took control of al-Fallahin gas station near al-Alaf region of Hajar al-Aswad after advancing in al-Qadam region.

The army forces also clashed with the terrorists in al-Tazamon and al-Tarbosh districts in the center of the Palestine street and imposed control on several areas.

On the other hand, a terrorist headquarters in Rijeh district was destroyed and all the terrorists inside were killed in an airstrike.

The ISIL terrorists in Yarmouk camp have come under the army forces’ siege.

Quneitra

The Syrian army launched a heavy attack on a group of terrorists who intended to stage an offensive on army positions near the town of Jaba from the direction of Masahereh town North of Quneitra province.

Several terrorists were killed in the Syrian army’s preventive assaults while a dozen more were wounded. The remaining pocket of the militants retreated to their positions.

Meantime, the Syrian army’s artillery units pounded the terrorists’ positions and movements around Ufanieh village and on Tal al-Hamrieh road South of Hazar town in Northern Quneitra, inflicting heavy losses and casualties on the terrorists.

Hama-Aleppo

The Syrian army’s military positions came under missile attacks in Hama and Aleppo provinces two weeks after the trilateral attacks by the US, the UK and France.

The Syrian army positions in Hama and Aleppo were heavily pounded by missiles on Sunday night, the Damascus-based Sana news agency reported.

Several missiles hit the weapons depots in Southern Hama and al-Malekieh region North of Aleppo airport, field sources reported.

No one has yet admitted the responsiblity for the attack, but militants’ news outlets and social media networks said the US has fired the missiles from Al-Tanf border crossing in Eastern Syria.

Some other sources said that the missile attacks were carried out by the US and in response to the Syrian army’s advances East of Euphrates against the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

Other sources said that Israel that had previously targeted the T4 airbase in Homs province where the Iranian troops had been stationed has been behind the missile attacks.

Raqqa

A commander of the US-backed Kurdish forces in Raqqa was assassinated as tensions have increased between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and civilians in the region.

The Arabic-language al-Manar news channel reported that one of the SDF commanders was killed by unknown assailants near the village of al-Jarniyeh in Northwestern Raqqa.

Meantime, the Kurdish forces attacked the village of Na’em al-Jallad East of the town of Tal Homs in Northeastern Raqqa to detain one of their defected militants, indiscriminately firing bullets to create horror among people.

The Kurdish militias’ recent forced recruitment in Raqqa has also led to clashes between them and the civilians.

Idlib

Assassination of notorious terrorist commanders continued in the Northern provinces of Syria, specially Idlib on Monday.

Sources close to the terrorist groups said a group of Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) militants operating under the command of Abu Abdul Rahman Najib kidnapped three members of Faylaq al-Sham in Atemeh village in Northern Idlib and also abducted their media man Ahmad al-Akhras in the town of Darkoush in Western Idlib.

There is yet no report on the fate of the four Tahrir al-Sham militants.

Meantime, a bomb-laden vehicle exploded near the car of Tahrir al-Sham Commander Ahmad Latouf in the town of Dana in Northern Idlib.

A bomb-laden motorcycle was also exploded near a building where commanders of Saqour al-Sham were attending a meeting.

There is yet no report on the casualties of either incident.

The local sources also pointed to rising insecurities in Idlib province, and reiterated that tens of civilians, including women, have been killed by unknown assailants in recent days.