Syrian Army Advances Remarkably in Latakia

Friday, 20 November 2015

Syrian Army Advances Remarkably in Latakia

Units of the Syrian army on Thursday continued to launch wide-scale military operations against the Takfiri terrorist organizations across the country, inflicting heavy losses upon them in the personnel and the equipment and destroying their dens and positions.

Latakia

A unit of the army and armed forces, supported by Russia’s air force, established control over post 1112 to the north east of al-Karoura Mountain, al-Wadi hill, Qartab Land and al-Raqraqiyeh, al-Daghmashlieh and al-Zweik villages, al-Zweik Mountains , Mosa, Saqr, al-Sendiyan and Jleileh in the north eastern countryside of Latakia.

Earlier, an army unit, aided by the popular defense groups, established control over Point 803 in Kassab area and continued advancing towards the surrounding hills in Latakia’s northern countryside, a military source said.

Later, the source told SANA that other army units, in cooperation with the popular defense groups and aided by the Russian Air Force, established control over al-Shmeisa village, Point 482 and strategic heights in Jabal al-Zweik area in the northern countryside.

In the same context, the source added that the army’s air force carried out a number of airstrikes on terrorists’ hideouts and centers in Latakia’ northern countryside.

Terrorists’ positions and vehicles were destroyed in Height 1112, Height 1154 and in al-Riqirqiyeh, Rweiset Sheikho, Arafit al-Tahta and Arafit al-Fouqa.

Aleppo

A unit of the army established control over the railway station in al-Sheikh Ahmad village in the eastern countryside of Aleppo.

Earlier, units of the army and armed forces inflicted, last night and on Thursday morning, heavy losses upon the Takfiri terrorist organizations in the northern Aleppo province.

Idleb

Field sources told SANA that 6 vehicles were destroyed and at least 33 terrorists killed in army’s special operations against sites of “Jund al-Aqsa”,”Ahrar al-Sham Islamic Movement” and “al-Nusra Front” in Hiraj Basnakol, Basamia and Saraqib.

The army targeted terrorists’ dens and gatherings in Ariha and al-Tamaniaa in the southern countryside of Idleb, killing more than 15 terrorists, including Abu Mohamed al-Maslamani, a leader in “al-Nusra”.

The army’s air force conducted a series of sorties in which it targeted terrorists’ positions in al-Tamaniaa town and Orum al-Jouz village in the southern countryside of Idleb province, a military source said.

A number of vehicles equipped with machineguns and centers with terrorists and weapons inside were destroyed during the airstrikes.

Hama

The army’s air force launched airstrikes against gatherings of Jaish al-Fatah terrorists in Kafr Zita town and Morek city in the northwestern countryside of Hama province.

A military source said several of the terrorists’ vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns were destroyed in the airstrikes.

Homs

The Syrian Arab Army air force destroyed vehicles of ISIL and killed all terrorists onboard in the surroundings of Maheen.

Daraa

A unit of the army carried out precise bombardments against hotbeds and positions of al-Nusra Front (al-Qaeda branch in Syria) and other Takfiri organizations in Daraa al-Balad, destroying their hotbeds, one of their cars and a heavy machinegun to the south of Zenobia School to the west of al-Abbasyia Bakery.

Suwaida

In the northeastern countryside of the southern Suwaida province, a unit of the army destroyed positions of the ISIL terrorists and inflicted heavy losses upon it in the personnel and the equipment in Khirbet Sa’ad village and hill.

Damascus Countryside

Two command centers, two weapons and ammunition depots and two heavy cannons for terrorist organizations were destroyed by airstrikes launched by the army’s air force against their positions in Douma and Khan al-Shih in Damascus Countryside.