The Syrian Army Strikes Hard on Terrorists’ Gatherings

Units of the Syrian armed forces on Saturday continued chasing terrorist groups in several areas in Damascus and its countryside, inflicting heavy losses upon their members, including non-Syrians.

An official source told SANA reporter that an army unit carried out a special operation in al-Beiraqdar neighborhood in Hijeira town that resulted in the killing of a number of terrorists.

Terrorist Nasim al-Jamili from Iraq was identified among the dead.

The source added that numbers of terrorists were killed and their weapons were destroyed in al-Husseiniyeh town.

An army unit chased members of a terrorist group in al-Fakhoureh area in Wadi Barada market and killed most of them, while another army unit carried out killed four terrorists, including two snipers, in Daraya city.

Car Bomb Seized near Police Station on Homs-Damascus Road

The competent authorities on Saturday seized a car loaded with improvised explosive devices near a police station in al-Brig on Homs-Damascus highway.

An official source told SANA reporter that the weight of the seized explosives was estimated at 600 kg.

Attempt to Detonate Explosive Device Attached to Car in al-Qassaa Foiled

An engineering unit foiled terrorists’ attempt to blow up an explosive device that was attached to a private car in al-Qassa quarter, Damascus.

A source at the Police Command told SANA reporter that terrorists attached the explosive device to a private car of Sham type parking near al-Jad restaurant in King Faisal street in al-Qassa in Damascus.

The Army Units Confront Terrorists in Many Areas in Idleb

Units of the armed forces continued targeting the gatherings and dens of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in the countryside of Idleb.

SANA reporter quoted an official source as saying that the army units destroyed weapons and equipment the terrorists had been using in their criminal acts in the surrounding of al-Fanar restaurant in Jabal al-Arabaeen area.

Many terrorists were killed and others were injured in the town of Kfarlata and the city of Ariha that are affiliated to Jabal al-Arbaeen area.

The source added that units of the armed forces destroyed terrorists’ dens, along with the weapons and ammunition inside, in the towns of Ein al-Qasab, Mashmashan, Qatroun, al-Najiyeh, Ein al-Barideh, Bazit, Darkoush, Heish, Tall Salmo, Um Jreen, al-Buweiti, al-Tur’eh and Mseibin.

In the same context, members of a terrorist group were eliminated near M’atrem town on Ariha-Jisr al-Shughour road, while army units continue pursuing terrroists in the surrounding of the brick factory and al-Shabibeh camp.

In the city of Saraqeb, an army unit killed and injured several terrorists affiliated to the so-called ‘al-Tawhid Brigade’ in the surrounding of the Pullman garage. The terrorists’ weapons and equipment were seized.

Terrorists Killed in Hama

In the meantime, an army unit eliminated members of an armed terrorist group in Jub al-Ahmar village in the countryside of Hama and destroyed their weapons, which included heavy machineguns.