Army tightens noose around terrorists across Syria

Friday, December 20, 2013 9:39 AM
Army tightens noose around militants across Syria
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A tank of the Syrian army drives in a street left in ruins on June 5, 2013 in the city of Qusayr in Syria
A tank of the Syrian army drives in a street left in ruins on June 5, 2013 in the city of Qusayr in Syria’s central Homs Province.
The Syrian army continues to tighten the noose around foreign-backed militants in several areas across the country.
On Thursday, the troops continued their clean-up operations in Adra in the countryside of the capital Damascus, killing a number of the militants.
The Syrian army confiscated a large cache of weapons from the militants during the operations.
In al-Nabek city in Damascus countryside, the Syrian forces destroyed a number of vehicles loaded with weapons and ammunition.
In Kissin bay in al-Rastan Lake in Homs province, the army killed dozens of the militants.
Scores of the militants were killed by the army in al-Zarzor, al-Nakarin, Rasm Bakro, Deir Hafer, Manbej, Tal Ref’at, Andan, Haritan, Mayer and Tallet al-Ghali in Aleppo.
Dozens of them were also killed by the forces in similar operations in Baslieh, Saraqib, Kafr Najd, al-Badrieh, al-Rwaiseh and Sarmin in Idlib countryside.
The army killed a large number of the militants in Daraa countryside.
The Syrian government forces carried out similar operations in Hasakah province, killing a number of the militants.
Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since March 2011. According to reports, Western powers and their regional allies — especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey — are supporting the militants operating inside Syria.
According to the United Nations, more than 100,000 people have been killed and a total of 7.8 million of others displaced due to the violence.