Syrian Clean-Up Operations against Daesh Terrorists Underway near Palmyra (+Photos)
DAMASCUS (Tasnim) – The Syrian army backed by allied forces managed to advance in areas held by the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terror group near Palmyra as part of a massive operation to liberate a strategic road linking the ancient city to the capital, Damascus.
According to Tasnim dispatches, more than 40 kilometers of the Palmyra-Damascus road is now under the full control of the Syrian army.
The army forces are advancing on the southwestern outskirts of Palmyra to cut off supply routes to the Daesh terrorists and clear the areas from them.
In recent days, Syrian forces managed to recapture some areas in other parts of the Arab country.
On Monday, they liberated a number of towns and villages in the west-central province of Hama from Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly known as al-Nusra Front) terrorists, killing some 300 members of the foreign-backed terror group.
Following the Syrian army’s operations on Monday, the units restored security and stability to the towns and villages of al-Masaseneh, Zour al-Heiseh, and Zour al-Teibeh in the northern countryside of Hama.
In the operations, army units killed nearly 300 terrorists and injured a large number of others, destroying 20 vehicles, two ammunition warehouses and two tanks.
Over the past six years, Syria has been fighting foreign-sponsored militancy. UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura estimated in August that more than 400,000 people had been killed in the Syrian crisis until then. The UN has stopped its official casualty count in Syria, citing its inability to verify the figures it receives from various sources.
