Provinces, SANA-Military operations against the dens and gatherings of terrorist organizations continued in different areas, with terrorists suffering heavy losses in lives and weapons.
Homs
A military source said Army and Armed Forces units killed a number of terrorists and wounded others between Arshona and Salam Gharbi villages in the eastern countryside of Homs, and in Um Sharshouh, south of Abu al-Salasel, al-Amiria and Housh Hajo in the province’s countryside.
A number of terrorists were killed when a landmine exploded while they were planting it in the farms extending between Abu al-Alaya and Salam Gharbi villages.
Army operations continued against takfiri organizations in al-Mukharam and Jub al-Jarrah villages and farms in the eastern countryside of Homs.
The source added that Army units destroyed vehicles with terrorists inside them in the area surrounding al-Sha’er mountain.
Daraa
Army and Armed Forces’ units killed terrorists and destroyed their vehicles in al-Sheikh Myskeen, Busra al-Sham, Taysia and al-Garia al-Garbia in Daraa countryside.
Idleb
In Idleb province, Army units repelled an attempt by terrorists to infiltrate to Abu al-Duhour airport in the province’s countryside, killing and wounding scores of them.
Other units killed numbers of terrorists and wounded others in al-Kastan al-Tahtani, the area surrounding al-Arbai’n Mount, Kafr Lata, Sarmin, Saraqeb, and Maazav in Idleb countryside.
Terrorists were also killed and their vehicles destroyed which were equipped with heavy machineguns, along with an arms cache in Tal Salmo, al-Dibshiyeh, Talab, Um Jrein and al-Baraghit.
Army units killed terrorists and wounded others who tried to sneak to some military checkpoints in Ariha area in Idleb countryside.
Army units killed scores of terrorists east of Sarjeh and in al-Hamidiyeh and Wadi al-Dayf, and destroyed a den for takfiri terrorists in Ain Shib and several vehicles with terrorists inside in Khan Shaikhoun in Idleb countryside.
Deir Ezzor
Army units detonated an armored vehicle rigged with explosives for ISIS terrorists in Bait Dgheim east of Deir Ezzor airport, killing and wounding many terrorists.
A military source said that the army carried out accurate operations against ISIS dens in the neighborhoods of al-Jbeileh, al-Rushdiyeh, al-Hwaiqa and al-Rasafa in Deir Ezzor city.
Army units directed successive strikes against terrorist organizations in Hweijet Sakr north of the city and in al-Jafra and al-Meriyeh areas.
Large numbers of terrorists were killed, among them Abu al-Baraa Abbas, a Libyan, Sufian Taleb al-Batti, Ahmad Fares, Nizar Mahmoud Tawwaf, Fouad Ahmad Majid, Dawood Sulaiman Salameh, Izzeddin Sabtan al-Nasser, Mohammad Hassan al-Najjar, Hamada Mehjem al-Hassan, and Ahmad Jassem al-Khalaf.
Damascus countryside
An army unit killed terrorists and destroyed their vehicles in al-Bouayda west of Deir Khabiyeh in Damascus countryside.
Hama
According to a military source, an army unit carried out a special operation targeting terrorist hideouts in the village of Jana al-Albawi in Hama countryside, leaving scores of terrorists dead or injured and destroying several of the hideouts along with the weapons, ammo, and equipment inside them.