Syrian Army Defeats Terrorists Trying to Capture Damascus

Syrian terrorists sustained heavy losses and casualties after their repeated attacks on Damascus in the last two weeks failed and they were pushed back from the capital.

A high-ranking Syrian official told the Lebanese As-Safir newspaper on Wednesday that the army is continuing its advancements towards the Aleppo province, reiterating that the armed rebels were defeated despite trying hard to enter Damascus.

The source noted that the terrorists have been trying to capture the Syrian capital since last summer, but faced the army’s strong resistance and were pushed back from Damascus.

Earlier this week, the terrorists tried hard to block the roads leading to Damascus International Airport, but the Syrian army repelled their attack and purged them from the area.

“The al-Nusra Front affiliated to the al-Qaeda terrorist organization has sustained heavy casualties in this district and lost many of its members,” a Syrian military source told FNA, adding that there have been heavy clashes between the Syrian forces and rebels in the last few days.

The source said the rebels who had failed to conquer Syria’s military airports tried hard to advance in Damascus to capture the civilian airport (the Damascus International Airport), but were repelled by the Syrian army after sustaining heavy damage and casualties.

Terrorists have tried hard in the last several days to make Syrian cities unsafe for citizens, but the army has purged them from most neighborhoods and districts, killed tens of them and arrested many others.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011 with organized attacks by well-armed gangs against Syrian police forces and border guards being reported across the country.

Hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed, when some protest rallies turned into armed clashes.

The government blames outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups for the deaths, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated from abroad.