Military operations against terrorist groups continue

A unit of the Armed Forces on Friday pursued an armed terrorist group that was blocking roads and attacking citizens between al-Darkhabiyeh and Zakiyehin Damascus Countryside. An official source told SANA reporter that the army unit inflicted heavy losses upon the terrorist group's members and killed many of them, including Mohammad Hassan Khalid and Kamal Hassan Hassan. The armed forces inflicted heavy losses on armed terrorist groups in a string of qualitative operations against their gatherings in al-Shifounieh farms, Zamalka, Erbeen and al-Aliya farms in eastern Ghouta in Damascus countryside. An official source told SANA that a unit of the armed forces killed and injured terrorists in an operation in al-Shifounieh farms. The terrorists Maamoun Alloush, Ahmad al-Bouyaidani, Houssam Taffour, Mahmoud Khaity and Tahseen Kabkab were identified among the dead. The source added that a unit of the armed forces carried out two qualitative operations in Zamalka and Erbeen, destroyed vehicles for terrorists and killed many, among them Firas al-Moazzen, Saffouh Khamis, Bassam al-Dahleh, and a terrorist nicknamed Abu Ayham al-Shami, as well as the terrorists Mamdouh Hammoush and Ahmad al-Othman. Another unit pursued an armed terrorist group in al-Aliya farms, killing and injuring its members. The engineering units dismantled 18 explosive devices, some weighing 70 kg that terrorists planted in the roads leading to the town. An official source told SANA reporter that an army unit destroyed a rocket launcher, 3 vehicles and 5 motorcycles and killed the terrorists in them in the farms between Daraya and al-Muadamyeh. The source added that among the killed terrorists were Tareq Abdul-Hadi, Abdo al-Bazzal, Mohammad al-Khaled, Ahmad Abu Yamen and a sniper called Akkash. Meanwhile, the army clashed with an armed terrorist group in al-Zabadani city and killed scores of terrorists and destroyed 4 vehciles loaded with weapons and ammunition. Terrorists Yaser al-Tinawi, Dirar Khareeta and Khaled al-Dalati were identified among the dead. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces continued chasing the terrorist groups in Khan al-Asal area in the countryside of Aleppo, killing many of their members, including their leaders. SANA reporter quoted a source in the province as saying that terrorists Ahmad Hanano, Ismael Jawad and Osama Abo Mahmoud were identified among the dead. The Army also destroyed two ammo depots and a workshop for manufacturing explosive devices in al-Mansoura area along with the terrorists, weapons and munitions inside them, in addition to eliminating many terrorists near the infirmary in al-Atareb area. In the town of al-Bab, an Army unit eliminated a number of terrorist group leaders including Salah Abdelsattar Yasin, Walid al-Sharif, and Abdeljabbar Jneid. Army units eliminated a number of leaders from the so-called "Aleppo military council" in Hanano housings. In al-Nakarin area, an Army unit destroyed a gathering of terrorists and four cars equipped in machineguns, in addition to destroying terrorist hideouts in al-Sha'ar area in al-Haydariye. Another Army unit eliminated terrorist groups in the Old City in Aleppo. The Armed Forces also restored stability and security to the villages on the Salamiyeh-Athria-Safira-Aleppo highway with the help of locals. An official source said that Armed Forces units also provided humanitarian aid to citizens affected by terrorism and secured the return of displaced locals to their homes in the area. The residents of al-Jamiliyeh and al-Suleimaniyeh neighborhoods in Aleppo on Friday took out to the streets demanding that the terrorist groups be expelled. The residents chanted slogans expressing support to the Syrian Arab Army in its confrontation against the armed terrorist groups, asking for the expulsion of these groups from all areas in Aleppo and its countryside. An Armed Forces unit eliminated a terrorist group which was terrorizing locals and committing acts of robbery and theft in the farms east of the town of al-Rastan in Homs countryside. Among the terrorist who were killed were Maamoun al-Khatib who led a terrorist group affiliated with Jabhet al-Nusra, in addition to Mohammad Hamadi, Maher Hisham Matar, Fadi Mansour, Mustafa Hilal, and Ala'a Khattab. Armed Forces units carried out a series of special operations against terrorist hideouts in Evel, al-Dosariye, Mashare'a Josiye, Talbiseh and Teldo in Homs countryside, killing and injuring a number of terrorists. An army unit last night targeted gatherings and dens of terrorists in al-Hweiqeh neighborhood and the area of the old airport IN Deir Ezzor, inflicting heavy losses upon the terrorists. SANA reported quoted a source in the province as saying that the operation resulted in killing a number of terrorists, among them Abdullah Hawash al-Sheihan, Abdul-Wahab al-Attoubi and Shaker al-Ekeili were identified. The source added that another army unit eliminated all members of an armed terrorist group that attempted to attack an army checkpoint at 7 km area. Muaed al-Kheiri and Hassan Hussein al-Saleh were identified among the dead. The Armed Forces continued operations against the terrorist groups in Idleb and its countryside, eliminating scores of terrorists and destroying their gatherings and vehicles. A source in Idleb province told SANA reporter that the army targeted terrorists' gatherings in the area of Jisr al-Shughour countryside, killing and injuring scores of them and destroying their vehicles and weapons. Terrorists' gatherings in the areas of Hallouz, al-Alya, al-Ghassanyeh, al-Rami, Ras al-Ma'ta' and Mishimsheh were also targeted. The army units pursued and eliminated scores of terrorists in Qatroun, al-Neirab, Qiminas, Sahl al-Roug, Abu al-Dihour and Tal Salmo, inflicting heavy losses upon them. The Armed Forces also clashed with armed terrorist groups in the areas of Heesh, al-Hamidyeh and Wadi al-Daif and killed scores of the terrorists and destroyed their vehicles and weapons. In the town of al-Kastan al-Tahtani in Jisr al-Shughour area, an Armed Forces unit carried out a special operation in which many terrorists were injured or killed. Among the dead terrorists were foreigners, and some of the injured terrorists were taken by their cohorts to field hospitals set up by the terrorists near the borders with Turkey. An army unit clashed with two terrorist groups in the towns of Bait Shurouq and al-Khadra in Lattakia countryside. An official source told SANA reporter that heavy losses were inflicted upon the terrorists, adding that scores of terrorists were killed or injured.