Thursday 9 July 2015

Syrian Army Establishes Control over Hasaka, near Palmyra

Army operations, involving air strikes, continued on Wednesday, targeting terrorists’ positions across the country and inflicting heavy casualties upon them, state-run SANA news agency reported.

In Hasaka, SANA reporter in Hasaka said Wednesday the army units, in cooperation with the Internal Security forces and the national backup forces, established full control over al-Lailiyeh neighborhood in Hasaka city after destroying the last hideouts of so-called 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri group in the area.

The army air force killed a number of terrorists and destroyed vehicles equipped with machine guns in air strikes against their movements in al-Arisheh town and al-Shaddadi city in the southern countryside of the northeastern province of Hasaka.

The army units destroyed ISIL positions in the surroundings of Ghweiran neighborhood and al-Villat on the southern outskirts of Hasaka city.

In Homs, the Syrian Arab Army on Wednesday eliminated the last remaining gatherings of ISIL terrorists in areas and positions in the surroundings of Palmyra city in the eastern countryside of Homs province.

Army units established full control over Nazl Hayyal, al-Qadiri farm, and Thaniet al-Rajma to the west of Palmyra city after intensive precise operations against ISIL concentrations which resulted in the death of scores of terrorists.

Meanwhile, local sources told SANA reporter that operations resulted in killing 35 terrorists from ISIL, in addition to injuring at least 90 terrorists and destroying dens used by the organization’s leaders, along with dozens of vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns that were trying to reach combat zones to evacuate injured terrorists.

The Army Air force also carried out intensive airstrikes on dens and movements of ISIL terrorists in the surroundings of al-Heer Palace, Palmyra city, and its surroundings, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their arms and ammunition.

Army units launched strikes against terrorists’ dens in al-Habra al-Gharbieh village in Homs eastern countryside, destroying armored vehicles and machinegun-equipped cars and killing a number of terrorists.

In Homs northwestern countryside, an army unit killed al-Nusra Front terrorists and destroyed their weapons in Kafr Laha in al-Houla area.

In the neighboring Hama province, dozens of terrorists were killed and their vehicles were destroyed in army air strikes on their gatherings in al-Latamneh, Atshan and al-Hweijeh in the countryside of the province.

In Daraa, army units carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday morning intensive operations against dens of terrorists in al-Mukhiyam park and on al-Sad road in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood in the city, according to the military source.

The operations left many terrorists killed and their arms and ammunition destroyed.

Another army unit repelled an attack by terrorist groups on military posts in separate areas in Daraa city, killing a number of them and injuring others.

In Idleb in northern Syria, the army air force carried out a number of air strikes against positions of the terrorist organizations and their movements in the villages of Bishlamoun, al-Bsheiriyeh and in Jisr al-Shughour city in the countryside of the province.

A number of terrorists were killed in air strikes and several their machinegun-equipped vehicles were destroyed.

A large number of terrorists were also killed, most of them from al-Nusra Front, and their vehicles were destroyed in air strikes against their positions to the north and south of Abu al-Duhour airport and to the north of Khsheir village and Abu al-Duhour town.

A series of army air strikes left many terrorists killed in the town of al-Tamani’eh and in the villages of Madaya, Kinsafra and Shnan in the southern countryside of the province.

In Aleppo, army units killed several terrorists near the Air Force Academy, al-Laiyramoun, Khan al-Assal, Kafr Hamra, Karm Mayser, al-Shiekh Lutfi, al-Maadi, al-Marjeh, Bustan al-Basha, al-Sakhour, Hreitan and Salaheddin areas in Aleppo and its countryside.

Earlier, units of the army killed scores of terrorists, most of them from al-Nusra Front, and destroyed a number of their machinegun-equipped vehicles in the surroundings of the Scientific Research Center and al-Mansoura village, 10 km to the west of Aleppo City in the northern Aleppo Province.

An army unit carried out precise operations against dens and positions of the Takfiri organizations in Kwaires town and its surroundings in the eastern countryside of the province.

A number of terrorists were killed in the operations and their arms, ammunition, equipment and vehicles were destroyed.

Units of the armed forces also destroyed positions of the ISIL terrorists on the International Road leading to Raqqa.

Another army unit killed all members of a terrorist group who were trying to infiltrate towards al-Zahra’a in the western outskirts of Aleppo and destroyed their arms and ammunition.

Another army unit launched strikes against dens and intercepted the movements of terrorist organizations in Maaret al-Artiq in Jabal Samaan area, Hraitan and Kafar Hamra to the north and northwest of Aleppo, killing a number of terrorists, injuring others and destroying vehicles, some of which equipped with machine guns.

Army units destroyed ISIL gatherings in al-Twaihna village southeast of Khanaser town.

A number of al-Nusra terrorists were killed and others were injured in Karam al-Jazmati, Bani Zaid, al-Saliheen, al-Kallasa, al-Laiyramoun, al-Na’anae, al-Zahra’a neighborhoods and Karam al-Tarrab area between al-Miyasar and al-Jazmati neighborhoods.

A number of al-Nusra terrorist operatives were also killed and others injured in the neighborhoods of al-Jazmati, Bab al-Nairab and al-Rashidin in Aleppo city.

Meanwhile, Takfiri terrorist organizations admitted on their social networking websites that they suffered heavy losses and scores of their members were killed, including one of the field leaders of the so-called “Jund al-Islam” (army of Islam).

Syria was hit by a violent unrest since mid-March 2011, where the western media reports accuse countries, mainly the USA, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar of orchestrating the civil conflict in the country and providing terrorist groups with money, weapons and trained mercenaries.

On May 2011, Syrian army launched a wide-scale operation against armed groups and gunmen operating in the country, who started to escape the army blows and infiltrate illegally to Lebanon.