Syrian army continues mop-up operations in several towns

The Syrian army has carried out large-scale military operations against foreign-backed terrorist groups in several areas across the violence-stricken country.

Press TV citing Syria’s official news agency SANA reported on Thursday that the Syrian army forces managed to kill many Takfiri militants in the suburbs of the country’s northwestern city of Idlib, destroying their weapons and ammunition.
Meanwhile, a number of extremist militants were killed in the countryside of Aleppo in northwestern Syria. Army units also destroyed terrorist hideouts in the area.
The Syrian forces launched similar mop-up operations in the cities of Dara’a, Homs and Dayr al-Zawr.
According to the report, scores of foreign-backed militants, including Saudi and Tunisian nationals, were killed in the army operations in the eastern city of Dayr al-Zawr.
Army sources also said a large number of heavy weapons had been seized from militant hideouts during the offensives.