Syrian Air Defense Systems Down Hostile Drone over Latakia

Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Syrian Air Defense Systems Down Hostile Drone over Latakia

Local Editor

A Syrian military source told Al-Manar that the Army's air defense systems downed a hostile drone over northern Latakia.

The sources added that the Syrian army also detonated the a terrorist booby-trapped car rigged with one ton of explosives before its reached Om Tababeer in Homs northern countryside.

Syrian Army on Tuesday continued to launch wide-scale military operations against the terrorist organizations across the country, killing large numbers of terrorists and destroying their weaponry, SANA reported.

Raqqa

Units of the army and armed forces continued Tuesday their intensive operations against ISIL terrorist organization in the northeastern Raqqa province, inflicting more losses upon its members.

Some ISIL terrorists were killed and others were left wounded, while their vehicles were destroyed in Hazima village to the north of Raqqa city.

Terrorist organizations’ social media pages confirmed the death of Mohammad Abdul-Razzaq al-Anzi, a leader within ISIL who was in charge of the organization’s financial affairs in Raqqa.

The death of four other ISIL members, who were killed by an explosive device detonated by terrorists from the so-called “Liwa al-Jihad” in al-Kantari area, was confirmed.

Damascus Countryside

An army unit kills many terrorists and destroys some of their vehicles in Beit Jinn and the surrounding farm, Tal Marwan and Maghr al-Meir in Damascus Countryside.

Other units of the army destroyed takfiri terrorist organizations’ hideouts and vehicles in al-Qalamoun Mountains.

Daraa

Units of the army and armed Forces destroyed dens of terrorists and eliminated many of them in Da’el, Taffas, al-Mzirib, Eastern neighborhood, Attaman and its surrounds in Daraa countryside.

Earlier, Many members of the terrorist organizations operating in the countryside of the southern Daraa province were killed during army operations on Tuesday.

Some of those were killed in a special operation that targeted movements of terrorists on al-Hrak-al-Kark road, according to a military source.

Other terrorists were killed in the south of Khazan al-Theileh area in the western countryside of Daraa.

Another number of terrorists were killed and others were wounded as army units targeted them in al-Nueimeh area in the eastern countryside of the province.

In the city of Daraa, and specifically in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood, an army unit killed many terrorists and destroyed the weapons and ammunition they had with them during operations near the old Customs building.

Quneitra

In the neighboring province of Quneitra, an army unit carried out a special operation against gatherings of terrorists in al-Hamidiyeh village, 70 km west of the city. The weapons and ammunition which the terrorists were using were also destroyed.

Another special operation carried out to the west of Naba al-Sakhr village resulted in destroying a mortar launching pad and killing many terrorists.

Homs

The army thwarted terrorists’ attempt to attack a military checkpoint in al-Sukhnah city in Palmyra countryside, killing scores of terrorists and injuring others.

An army unit destroyed a car bomb loaded with 1000kg of explosives before it reaches gas valves in Um al-Tababeir village in Homs countryside.

Concentrated strikes of the army and armed forces on the gatherings of terrorist organizations in the eastern and northern countryside of the central Homs province on Tuesday killed many terrorists and destroyed their fortifications and equipment.

Army units directly targeted gatherings of terrorists in al-Msheirfa al-Janoubiyeh, al- Msheirfa Qibli, al-Darwishiyeh, al-Kabin, Douzin, al-Mazbal and Rajm al-Qasr areas in the eastern countryside of Homs, a military source told SANA.

The source added that the strikes left a number of terrorists killed and others wounded, noting that most of those were from Jabhat al-Nusra and the so-called “Ahrar al-Sham Movement”.

Meanwhile, units of the army continued pursuing terrorists of ISIL and killed and injured a number of them in al-Twaynan in al-Sukhneh area and in the surrounding of al-Shaer oil field in the eastern countryside of Homs.

In a relevant context, an army unit destroyed a mortar launching pad and killed a number of terrorists in Tal al-Rastan area in the northern countryside of Homs.

Aleppo

An army unit killed during a special operation many of terrorist organizations’ members and destroyed their ammo and weaponry in Bza’a city, 35 km northeast of Aleppo.

An army unit targeted terrorist organizations’ dens and movements in Handarat Camp in northeastern Aleppo, leaving many terrorists dead and their hideouts, weapons and ammunition destroyed.

To the west of al-Nairab Airport, the army killed many terrorists and destroyed their ammunition, weapons and vehicles after directly targeting their positions.

Idleb

Units of the army and armed forces eliminated a number of terrorists and injured others in Kminas, Tal Deinet, Halooz, Tal Salmo, Um Jrin and Broma Farms in Idleb countryside.

Earlier, the army killed dozens of terrorists of “al-Nusra front” including Jordanian, Saudi and Uzbek in al-Basel forest, al- Tamanaa, Saraqeb, Taftanaz, Abu al-Duhour, Kafr Roheen, Hafsarjeh and on Idleb to Bennish road

Hama

Units of the army and the armed forces killed scores of the Takfiri terrorist organizations’ members in Adla, al-Khudaira, al-Turkmaniyia, al-Sayyad and Jana al-Albawi in the countryside of Hama central province.

Deir Ezzor

Units of the army and armed forces destroyed a number of ISIL's vehicles and hideouts with all terrorists inside them in Abu Kamal, Haret al-Daraj, Mou Hasan and al-Shiraa al-Jamiae in Deir Ezzor.