Syria Army Strikes Terrorists, Advances across Country
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Syrian Army units continued carrying out successful operations against the armed terrorist groups' gatherings and hideouts across the country, inflicting heavy losses upon their members and destroying their equipment.
A number of terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra and the so-called Islamic Front, most of them non-Syrians, were killed during the army's operations in various areas in Damascus Countryside.
Army units carried out an operation on the northern axis of al-Mleiheh town and near Tameco medicinal manufacturing company, leaving a number of Jabhat al-Nusra-affiliated terrorists dead.
Mahfoud Nasleh from Algeria was identified among the dead, in addition to a terrorist group's leader, Al-Manar network reported.
Many terrorists were also killed and others were wounded in operations in the farms of al-Neshabiyeh town in the Eastern Gouta.
Terrorists from the so-called "Islamic Front" were killed in an operation in Adra al-Balad, while another operation carried out in the residential city of Adra left others dead and two of their cars destroyed.
Units of the armed forces destroyed terrorists' dens in Joubar neighborhood, killing many of them and injuring others.
More terrorists were killed in the farms of Aliyeh in Douma area.
A concentrated operation was carried out in the southern mountains in al-Zabadani area, resulting in the death of all members of a terrorist group, most of them non-Syrians.
Alaa-Eddin al-Asir from Lebanon and Haroun Abdul-Rashidi from Yemen were identified among the dead.
A number of terrorists were killed and others were injured in the mountains of Qara on the Syrian-Lebanese borders. Fares Daher was among the dead.
Army units clashed with terrorists in central Daraya city, killing 8 of them and injuring a number of other.
Terrorists' gatherings and dens were targeted in the areas of Kafr Najd, Nahlia, al-Alieh, al-Badriyeh, al-Rami, Kfarhaia and Dahret al-Qamou' in the countryside of Idleb, leaving numbers of the terrorists dead and wounded, in addition to destroying their equipment and weapons.
A military source told SANA that the army also targeted terrorists' gatherings in Daraa al-Balad and Otman areas, killing and inuring scores of terrorists and destroying a tunnel in al-Manshyeh area.
The source added that the army is continuing operations in Nawa city and its surroundings in Daraa countryside, saying the army is advancing in several areas.
