Syrian Army Steps up Operations against Terrorists in Aleppo, Other Provinces

Wednesday, 24 August 2016

Syrian Army Steps up Operations against Terrorists in Aleppo, Other Provinces

A number of heavy vehicles for terrorist organizations have been destroyed, including tanks and armored vehicles in Aleppo, as the Syrian army continued its operations, SANA reported.

Aleppo

The Syrian Air Force targeted gatherings of terrorists and movement axes southwest of the military academies in the southern countryside of province.

Many terrorists were killed and a number of armored vehicles and cars equipped with machine guns were destroyed in the air strikes, a military source old SANA Wednesday.

In the same context, SANA reporter said an army unit fought fierce clashes with Jaish al-Fatah terrorists in the surroundings of the strategic Um al-Qarae hill during the past hours, killing and injuring a number of them and destroying 3 tanks and 5 vehicles equipped with machineguns and loaded with ammunition.

The reporter added that other army units operating in the southern countryside of Aleppo fired artillery and rocket shells on the withdrawal routes of the terrorists, inflicting heavy losses upon them.

Meanwhile, the terrorist organizations acknowledged on their social media pages the death of the “leader of mortar battalion” within Jaish al-Fatah, Hussein al-Safrani and the “military official” within the organization Zaki al- Taqiqa.

Daraa

The army units targeted a command center for Israeli-linked terrorist organizations in the vicinity of the Post building in Daraa al-Balad area in Daraa city.

The center was destroyed and all the terrorists inside it were killed or injured.

Sweida

An army unit directed concentrated strikes on ISIL movements and gatherings in the eastern countryside of the southern Sweida province.

During the strikes, a gathering of ISIL oil tankers in the area of al-Rashida oil fields to the east of Sweida city was destroyed, many of ISIL terrorists were killed and others were injured.

Hama

The army units destroyed a number of vehicles and mortar positions and kill and injure more than 15 terrorists in operations in the northern countryside of Hama province.

SANA reporter told SANA that an army unit destroyed an SUV car and a mortar position belonging to “Jund al-Aqsa” terrorists south of Mourek town, some 35 km north of Hama city.

The source added that at least 11 terrorists were killed or injured when its position in the area was hit.

Other army units targeted terrorists’ hideouts in al-Lahaya village, leaving one terrorist dead and 3 others injured and destroying a mortar position.

Another army unit carried out a military operation to secure the road in the northern countryside of Hama during which it targeted a terrorist group south of Tallet al-Sayyad, north of Kafr Zeita town, 38 km northwest of Hama city. Two cars, one of which equipped with a machine gun and the other transporting terrorists, were destroyed.

Quneitra

An army unit carried out a special operation targeting a gathering of vehicles for al-Nusra terrorists in Um Batina village, southeast of al-Baath city in Quneitra province, SANA reporter said.

The operation resulted in the death of many terrorists and the destruction of three vehicles transporting terrorists, weapons and ammunition.