New areas under army control during operation to establish control over Khan al-Assal in Aleppo

Provinces, SANA- Army units, in cooperation with back-up forces, launched Monday morning a wide military operation from different axes on the hideouts and hotbeds of terrorist organizations in Khan al-Assal area, in the western countryside of Aleppo city, a military source told SANA on Monday.

The operation aims to establish control on the area located 20 km to the west of Aleppo and uproot terrorism from it, the source added.

Meanwhile, Field sources told SANA that terrorist organizations were inflicted heavy losses in personnel and equipment during the operation, pointing out that the southern entrance of Aleppo city became under the army’s fires.

The army, in cooperation with the back-up forces, carried out intensive operation using various arms on the terrorist organizations’ gatherings in al-Rashedeen area, west of Aleppo city.

Meanwhile, SANA reporter said that an army unit discovered a tunnel of 15 km length for ISIS which extends among the villages of Aisha, Ayn al-Bida and al-Miltafa in the eastern countryside of Aleppo.

al-Zaitoun Height and Tuloul Hazmar under army control

Later in the day, army units, in cooperation with the back-up forces, established control over al-Zaitoun Height and Tuloul Hazmar west of Aleppo, the military source affirmed.

Earlier Sunday, a delegation from various mass media outlets, included reporters from 30 media outlets from Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, Turkey, and Iran, visited al-Hadir town and number of villages in the southern countryside of Aleppo which the Syrian Army had re-established control over, and the reporters witnessed the destruction caused by the Takfiri terrorist organizations, and listened to the eyewitness accounts of locals who returned to their houses under the protection of the Syrian Army after years of displacement, telling the reporters about the crimes perpetrated.
On the other hand, the army , among other operations in Aleppo province on Sunday, destroyed positions and hotbeds for terrorist organizations in the village of al-Mansoura, 10 km west of Aleppo city.

Aisha village under army control

In the eastern countryside of the province, army units established control over Aisha village and the surrounding farms in the eastern countryside of Aleppo, after inflicting heavy losses upon the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization in personnel and equipment.

Field sources told SANA Monday that the army clashed with the ISIS terrorists, destroying their fortifications and tunnels and inflicting heavy losses upon them.

The sources added that the army combed the village and dismantled scores of the explosive devices planted by the ISIS terrorists, killing a number of its members, while the rest fled away

Daraa

An army unit carried out an operation inside al-Naziheen Camp in the outskirts of Daraa al-Balad area in Daraa city, killing number of terrorists, injuring many others, and destroying their weapons and ammunition.

Gatherings of terrorists were also destroyed during an army operation in Jamrin village to the north of Busra al-Cham city.

Idleb

An army unit destroyed during a special operation positions of “Jund al-Aqsa” terrorist organization in Kafr Roma village in Ma’aret al-Nu’man area in Idleb province, according to sources in the ground.

The sources added that an armored vehicle was also destroyed during the operation and 20 terrorists were killed, including Ghassan Shihib and the Lebanese terrorist Ahmad al-Zein.

Another army unit killed 3 terrorists and destroyed their vehicle during an operation against one of the sites of “Jaish al-Fateh” terror organization in Oram al-Joz village to the south of Idleb city.

The sources also confirmed that a car was destroyed and at least 11 terrorists from Jund al-Aqsa and Jabhat al-Nusra were killed during a special operation in Tal al-Rman to the south of Sarqib.

Hama

The Syrian Army continued its operations against “Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement” terrorist organization in Atshan village to the north of Hama city, sources in the ground told SANA.

During the operations, 8 terrorists were killed, 10 others were injured, and 2 vehicles which were used by terrorists for transporting weapons and ammunition were destroyed.

The sources said that an army unit launched strikes against the sites and gatherings of the “al-Ezza Gathering” terror organization in al-Zakat town, killing 7 terrorists including Mohamed Ali al-Rais, while another army unit destroyed a terrorist base in al-Latamina town.