Provinces, SANA – Units of the army and the armed forces eliminated large numbers of members of terrorist organizations amid large-scale military operations carried out across the country, including 47 Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists, who were killed in Quneitra.
Damascus Countryside
Army units established full control over the town of Kfeir Yabous, which is located southwest of al-Zabadani in Damascus Countryside, 11 km from the Lebanese borders, killing scores of terrorists in the process, most of them from Jabhet al-Nusra.
The army continued to advance in the direction of al-Zabadani’s western mountains, destroying several terrorist hideouts and killing many terrorists including Khaldoun Omar, Khaled al-Tinawi, Abdelhakim al-Maghrebi, Adel Kanaan, Rateb al-Haj, and Omeir al-Khous.
In the Eastern Ghouta, army units inflicted heavy losses on terrorists in a series of precise operations targeting their hideouts and concentrations near al-Rashid Mosque in Tal Kerdi farms and in al-Rihan farms southeast of Douma.
These operations resulted in the death of several terrorists including Kayed Shumari from Saudi Arabia, Salman Rashed al-Abdat from Jordan, Abdelrahman Taleb, Naeem Saymeh, and Fouad Damnawi.
In Douma itself, army units performed concentrated strikes on terrorist hideouts near Badran roundabout and near al-Huda Mosque, resulting in the death of a number of terrorists including Mufid al-Najjar, Mohammad Jerudi, Obada al-Qtaifani, Yasin al-Raslan, Abdelrahman al-Juaidani, and Alaa al-Jobarani.
In the southern part of Eastern Ghouta, an army units destroyed a weapons and ammo cache in Zebdin in al-Mleiha area, while other units prevented terrorists from advancing towards the railway in al-Bahariye town and towards al-Qasimiye town in al-Nashabiye area, leaving many of the terrorists dead or injured and destroying their weapons and ammo.
In al-Qalamoun area, an army unit clashed with a terrorist group near Martabaya crossing point in the wilderness of Qara, 11 kilometers from the Lebanese border across from the town of Irsal, leaving the group’s members dead or injured.
Quneitra
Army unit killed 47 members of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization in Mas’hara town in the countryside of the southern province of Quneitra, a military source said.
SANA reporter quoted the source as saying that the terrorists known as Abo Youssef, Abo Abdo, Abo Ajaj and Abo Mus’ab al-Ghanouji were identified among the killed.
Another unit of the army and the armed forces, the source added, killed and injured scores of terrorists southwest of al-Hamidiyeh town in the countryside in the frame work of concentrated operations against their dens.
The military operations also resulted in destroying a den for Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization, along with the weapons and ammunition inside it, in al-Qahtaniyeh, 3 km to the south of Quneitra city where scores of takfiri
terrorist organizations are operating.
Daraa
Army units carried out concentrated operations against terrorist hideouts in Daraa countryside, leaving over 220 terrorists dead or injured.
40 terrorists were killed in Ibta’ village. The terrorist Mohammad Kassem al-Hariri, leader of the so-called Battalion 101 which is affiliated to Jabhat al-Nusra, was identified among the dead.
In Dael, a town located 14 km to the north of Daraa city, a unit of the army and armed forces killed 30 terrorists, among them Mohammad Jamal Abu Jaish, Mohammad Jado al-Masalmeh, Mohammad Moussa Abu Zaid, Firas Khairo al-Masri and Mohammad al-Jamous.
According to a military source, military operations in Qarfa, Namer al al-Shaikh Miskeen resulted in the death and injury of 150 terrorists, mostly affiliated to Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group.
Other units destroyed a vehicle along with the terrorists on board in the town of al-Shaikh Miskeen and several vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns in Enkhel, in addition to leaving a number of terrorists dead or injured in Barqa area south of Enkhel and Aib area north of Daraa city.
A unit of the army and armed forces killed all members of a takfiri terrorist group to the northwest of Atman town in the province, while another unit eliminated a number of terrorists in the town of al-Naima.
Army units destroyed two pickup trucks along with the terrorists on board on the road between Mleihet al-Atash and al-Hirak in Daraa countryside, in addition to eliminating several terrorists in Barq areas west of al-Buqai’e.
Other units eliminated many terrorists in al-Karak and al-Hirak, in addition to preventing terrorists from sneaking towards military sites in al-Fuqai’a and al-Dalla in Daraa countryside, eliminating a number of them and destroying their vehicles along with the terrorists on board.
In Daraa al-Balad, army units eliminated terrorists and destroyed their vehicles in al-Bajabjeh neighborhood, near the Syriatel building, al-Manshiye neighborhood, Tariq al-Sad neighborhood, and near al-Khalil Mosque and Abu Bakr Mosque in Daraa al-Balad.
Sweida
Takfiri terrorists in al-Lajat area fired 10 mortar shells on al-Soura al-Kabirah village, causing the injury of one civilian and his daughter, who were transported to the National Hospital of Swieda, a source at the Police Command in the southern province told SANA reporter.
The source added that the army bombarded the site from which terrorists fired the shells, inflicting heavy losses upon their ranks.
Meanwhile, a unit of the army and armed forces destroyed terrorist organizations’ gatherings, killing scores of their members and injuring others, in Tal Ash’hib to the east of Khelkheleh airport in the northern countryside of the province.
The army also destroyed a pickup equipped with a heavy machine gun on the road to Khirbet Awwad town, 48 km south of Sweida city. The operation resulted in the death of all terrorists who were aboard before they could reach Jamreen town in the countryside of Busra al-Sham.
Army units eliminated a number of terrorists and destroyed a pickup truck equipped with a heavy machinegun near the towns of Khirbeh and Jamrin in Swedia’s southwestern countryside.
Other units destroyed terrorist hideouts in Tuloul Abu Harat and Marta’a al-Faras in Sweida’s northern countryside, eliminating many terrorists and injuring others.
Homs
Units of the army and armed forces killed and injured a number of terrorists in Rajm al-Qasr, southern al-Mushairfa and Habra al-Sharqyia in the eastern countryside of Homs central province, according to a military source.
Other army units, the source told SANA, inflicted heavy losses upon terrorist groups in Salim area on the road to al-Salamiyeh, killing and injuring many of their members.
In al-Houla area, the army razed dens of terrorist organizations which had been targeting the neighboring villages with rockets and mortars.
Takfiri terrorist organizations, on their social media pages, acknowledged the death of Mohammed Saad Eddin Ibrahim, the leader of the so-called “military operations room in al-Houla”.
Yesterday, terrorist organizations in Tal Dahab and Kfar Laha targeted Maryamin village with several rocket and mortar shells, claiming the life of one civilian and injuring others.
Idleb
Army units killed large number of terrorists and injured many others in al-Nairab, Saraqeb, Kfar Najd, Kfar Lata and al-Buwaiti areas in the countryside of the northern province of Idleb.
In Abu al-Duhour, units of the army and armed forces carried out a series of military operations against Jabhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham terrorists, destroying several dens and gatherings for terrorists in the farms and villages of Tal Salmo, Qara’ al-Ghazal and al-Hamidieh.
Direct losses were inflicted upon terrorists during military operations against their dens near al-Nayrab village to the west of al-Arba’yeen Mountain that terrorists have been using as a springboard for their attacks.
Meanwhile, army units killed numbers of terrorists in Jidar Bakfaloun and al-Mouzra village, destroying their weapons and ammunition.
In Sarmin, 16 terrorists from the so-called “Khattab Battalion” which is affiliated to Suqour al-Sham Brigades were killed, among them non-Syrians.