Provinces, (SANA)- Army units intensified operations against armed terrorist groups on Tuesday that included clashes in various areas and destruction of heavy weapons in others during which many terrorists were killed.
Army eliminates terrorist groups in Damascus Countryside
An army unit clashed with terrorists in Daraya city in Damascus countryside, eliminating a number of them, while another unit destroyed terrorist hideouts in Khan al-Sheih and its farms.
Army units inflicted heavy losses upon terrorist groups in Yabroud area, destroying a number of vehicles along with the weapons, ammo and terrorists inside them.
Around Maaloula and near Jabaadin, army units carried out precise special operations which resulted in eliminating entire terrorist groups, while terrorist hideouts were destroyed in the twons of al-Mallaha and al-Muallaqa, Aliya farms, and al-Ebb farms in Douma area.
An army unit eliminated a number of terrorists from the Islamic Front in Adra workers city, including terrorist group leader Anas Rihan.
Terrorist groups eliminated in Aleppo
In Aleppo province, a military source told SANA reporter that units of the armed forces killed numbers of terrorists and destroyed their weapons and ammunition in the neighborhoods of Qadi Askar, Karam Mayssar and Karam al-Jazmati in the city of Aleppo.
Scores of terrorists were killed and others were wounded in the neighborhoods of al-Jandoul, Hanano, al-Marjeh, al-Jaoouz and Karm al-Daman in the city.
Army units eliminated several armed terrorist groups in the villages and towns of al-Jadideh, Kweiris, Erbid, on al-Shweikheh-Maaret Artiq axis and in the surrounding of Aleppo Central Prison.
Cars carrying terrorists and their weapons were destroyed in Azzan and the Industrial City.
Terrorists’ gatherings razed in Idleb
In the same context, army units razed terrorists’ gatherings and dens in the towns of Nahleh and Kfarlata in Idleb, leaving many terrorists dead and wounded.
Other army units clashed with terrorists who were attempting to sneak to Abu Duhour Airport in Idleb countryside, killing and injuring large number of them, in addition to destroying their weapons.Other army units destroyed 8 terrorist cars equipped with anti-aircraft guns near Om Jren village.
Terrorists’ cars and weapons destroyed in Deir Ezzor
An official source told SANA that an army unit destroyed a car equipped with an anti-craft machinegun in al-Sinaa neighborhood in Deir Ezzor, killing a big number of terrorists, among them Osama al-Miza’l, Iyad Issa, Ammar al-Kanash and Akram al-Issa.
The source added that 4 terrorists were killed near the old Pullman Garage, while an army unit destroyed 4 cars with all the terrorists inside them near Ghassan Abboud roundabouts and a tunnel of 29 meter long which the armed terrorist groups had been using for smuggling and storing weapons and ammunition.
Army units clashed with armed terrorist groups in al-Mattar neighborhood, killing a number of terrorists, among them Mohammad Matar al-Banayan, Mohammad Khaled al-Asha’l, Alaa Hasan al-Khalil and Hassan Hussein al-Jadid.
Army kills terrorists in Homs
Meanwhile, army units eliminated terrorists trying to infiltrate from al-Warsha neighborhood into al-Wadi street in Bab al-Sibaa neighborhood in Homs city and destroyed their weapons and ammunition.
Terrorists were also eliminated in army operations targeting their hideouts in al-Qusour neighborhood and al-Waer area.
SANA reporter quoted a military source as saying that a big number of terrorists were killed in al-Karabis neighborhood and the villages of al-Dar al-Kabira, al-Khaldiyeh and al-Ghasbiyeh, among them Ghazi Dakhan, the leader of an armed terrorist group.
Army units destroyed terrorist hideouts in the villages of al-Zara, al-Hosn and al-Shawahed in Talkalakh countryside, and in al-Koum village in Palmyra countryside.
Terrorists surrender in Homs city
In another context, a number of terrorist handed themselves and their weapons over to the army in Jouret al-Shiyyah neighborhood in the city of Homs.
Terrorists eliminated in Daraa province
Army units destroyed terrorist hideouts in near the old customs building, Bilal al-Habashi Mosque, and al-Ma’ari roundabout in Daraa al-Balad.
Terrorists were also eliminated in the towns of al-Naima, Atman, and al-Yadouda, where large amounts of weapons and ammo were destroyed including an anti-aircraft gun, a mortar launcher, and a rocket launcher.
Terrorists killed in Daraa
A military source told SANA that the army units targeted terrorists’ dens and gatherings in the areas surrounding al-Yarmouk School, Bilal al-Habashi Mosque and Jordan Street in Daraa al-Balad, killing and injuring scores of them.
The source added that other army units killed and injured many terrorists in Samlen village in the countryside, in addition to destroying 3 cars along with the weapons and ammunition near al-N’aimeh town.