Syrian Army Escalates anti-Terrorist Operations across Country

The Syrian army units have killed more members of terrorist organizations and destroyed their equipment and hideouts in continued operations in various areas across the country.

Homs

An army unit and the popular defense groups established control over a number of strategic hills and heights, including Thaniet Rashed, in the eastern countryside of Homs province and cut off ISIL terrorists’ supply routes from al-Mahasseh to al-Qaryatain, a military source announced.

Damascus countryside

Security forces destroyed a den for the terrorist organizations in Harasta in al-Ghouta, Damascus countryside.

Daraa

Army units destroyed a center for al-Nusra Front (Qaeda branch in the Levant) terrorists and a vehicle moving in Bosra Square in Daraa al-Mahatta neighborhood in Daraa city, while another unit killed all members of a terrorist group in al-Sheikh Miskeen town, 22 km to the north of the city.

Aleppo

Army operations during the past 24 hours concentrated on positions of ISIL terrorist organization in al-Sbeihiyeh village in Aleppo province, where three vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns were destroyed.

Several gatherings for al-Nusra-linked terrorist groups were targeted in al-Sheik Lutfi village and al-Rashidin area on the southern outskirts of Aleppo city. Four vehicles and a number of hideouts with arms and ammunition inside were destroyed as a result of the operations.

In Aleppo city, an army unit carried out a “precise” operation targeting gatherings of terrorists in Bustan al-Basha neighborhood, destroying three sites containing large amounts of arms and ammunition.