Syrian Army Lays Full Siege on Al-Nusra Terrorists North-East of Damascus

The Arabic language al-Watan daily reported that the army soldiers continued to advance against terrorists in the districts of al-Qaboun, Tishrin and Barzeh, laying siege on the Al-Nusra terrorists that are trapped in al-Qaboun.

Al-Watan added that the army completed the siege of al-Qaboun after winning control over the driving school, the entire region of al-Hankarat and a part of al-Mohaba sports stadium.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Monday that the Syrian army foiled the plan of the newly-formed Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at (the Levant Liberation Board) to attack the capital, Damascus.

SOHR reported that Tahrir al-Sham Hay’at, mainly comprised of Al-Nusra Front, Ahrar al-Sham and Jeish al-Islam militants, had gathered 5,000 militants to storm the army’s checkpoints in Barzeh region in the Northeastern outskirts of Damascus city in Eastern Ghouta and then break through the government forces’ positions in the capital city.

The SOHR report added that the army had been monitoring the terrorists’ movements in the region and deployed its forces around Barzeh.

The army soldiers went on alert and started monitoring the entire streets in and the main road to Barzeh, SOHR added.

Other reports said the army started striking the militants’ concentration centers and defused the terrorists’ war plan.