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Provinces, SANA- Units of the army and the armed forces on Wednesday continued to tighten the noose around the Takfiri terrorist organizations across the country through launching wide-scale military operation against them, killing scores of terrorists and destroying their dens and arms and establishing control over new areas in Idleb and Damascus countryside.
Idleb
The army established full control on Kafar Najd and Nahlia villages in the southern countryside of Idleb on Wednesday, a military source said.
The source explained to SANA that assuming control of the two villages came as a result of intensive operations which were carried out by the army air force against terrorists’ positions and some of their supply routes in the northern province.
The army smashed dens of terrorists in Idleb, killed scores of them and injured many others.
Libyan terrorist called “Abu al-Baraa al-Libi,” Ahmad Darkoushi, Mohammad Silo, Jasem Zreik and Mohammad Ghiyath Hamoudeen were identified among the dead terrorists.
The hideouts and gatherings of terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra and its affiliates were eliminated to the last one in the villages, with dozens of terrorists getting killed according to the source.
Meanwhile, in northern Aleppo city, and specifically in Maarat Masrin that constitutes a main passage for infiltration from Turkey, the army air force targeted and destroyed vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns and armored vehicles belonging to Jabhat al-Nusra and its affiliates, leaving tens of terrorists dead or wounded.
The army airstrikes in al-Mukbela and Kourin villages and Sarmin town in Idleb also resulted in killing scores of terrorists and destroying plenty of armored vehicles and vehicles with heavy machine guns mounted on them.
The army artillery also destroyed hideouts of terrorist organizations in Mantaf town, 25 km to the south of Idleb.
The army operations also targeted hideouts of Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations in Kafar Lata, Tal al-Sahn and Tal al-Aawar, where a huge number of vehicles with terrorists, arms and ammunition on board were destroyed.
Dozens of terrorists were killed in those areas, some of them were foreigners.
Damascus Countryside
Army units advanced further in Zabadani in Damascus countryside, recapturing a new strategic hill in the area and inflicting heavy losses on terrorists in eastern Ghouta and Qalamoun northern mountains.
The army has been on a winning streak in Zabadani mountains recently, establishing control over Qal’at al-Sindiyan and al-Zawabiq hill and Qalaat al-Abdallah in the area on Thursday.
A fresh military win was recorded as the army recaptured Sheer al-Katla hill in Zabadani mountains after driving out the remaining terror gatherings, according to a military source.
The new win is believed to give boost to efforts to uproot Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Zabadani, knowing that army units established full control over Zabadani western mountains on March 31.
In eastern Ghouta, SANA reporter said an army unit directed concentrated strikes against terrorists’ dens and gatherings in several areas in Jobar neighborhood, killing and wounding a number of terrorists.
Meanwhile, an army unit repelled armed terrorists groups which infiltrated from Ain Tarma town towards Ain Tarma valley, killing or wounding at least 20 terrorists.
Army operations in the farms of Zibdin and Dair al-Assafir villages to the south of eastern Ghouta resulted in the injury of several terrorists and the destruction of arms caches.
In Qalamoun northern mountains near the Lebanese borders, army units killed terrorists and wounded others who tried to infiltrate towards Qara mountains which stands opposite to Ersal town on the Lebanese side of the border.
Hasaka
The army killed scores of ISIS terrorists and injured others in special operations against their gatherings in al-Shaddadi region in Hasaka southern countryside.
SANA reporter in Hasaka quoted a source as saying that the army carried out its operations after monitoring the movement of the terrorists in al-Shaddadi, 50 km to the south of Hasaka.
Hama
The army killed a number of terrorists and injured many others to the east of Morek town in Hama city.
The army also destroyed vehicles and dens of terrorists in al-Arbae’en village to the west of Kfar Zeita town on the administrative borders with Idleb.
Homs
The army targeted hideouts of terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra and the so- called “Ahrar al-Sham Movement” in Um Sahrij and al-Arshouna villages to the east of Homs city.
Many terrorists were killed and more others were injured, while their vehicles, weapons and ammunition were destroyed in the operations, according to a military source.
A number of other terrorists were killed as the army targeted them in al-Ghanto village in the northern countryside of Homs. A bulldozer belonging to the terrorists was destroyed in the operation.
Lattakia
Army units killed scores of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists and destroyed a convoy of vehicles loaded with arms and ammunition in Zahiya and Salma in the northern countryside of coastal Lattakia province.
Aleppo
The army carried out precise operations against terrorist hotbeds in various neighborhoods in Aleppo city.
The operations resulted in killing many terrorists affiliated to Jabhat al-Nusra and other takfiri organizations, in addition to destroying plenty of their arms, ammunition, equipment and vehicles with various types of machine guns mounted on them, according to the source.
Other army units inflicted heavy losses upon terrorists in the towns of Kfr Hamra, Hreitan and Dahret Abd Rabbu area near the international highway leading to Turkey, which is one of the terrorists’ main supply routes.
In al-Mansoura village in Jabal Samaan area, an army unit killed a number of terrorists and destroyed some of their vehicles.
More terrorists were killed and their arms and ammunition were destroyed in army operations in Khan al-Assal in to the south-west of Aleppo city.
Another army operation took place in al-Sfeira area, south-east of Aleppo, resulting in killing a number of terrorists and injuring others in the villages of Sayaleh, Hweis al-Hess and Jebb Jassem.
Terrorist organizations also suffered heavy losses in personnel and equipment in the villages of Kouris and al-Jadideh in the eastern countryside of Aleppo province.
Daraa
Army units destroyed during special operations dens of Jabhat al-Nusra, the so called al-Muthanna movement and other terrorist organizations and killed a number of their members in al-Karak and al-Msaifra towns, 20 km northeast Daraa, a military source told SANA, confirming that a number of terrorists were killed and many vehicles were destroyed in a special operation that targeted their supply lines coming from Jordan in Saida and Khail towns in the eastern countryside of Daraa near the Jordanian border.
Meanwhile, depending on accurate information and after monitoring the movements of terrorists from Jabhat al-Nusra and its affiliates, a unit of army destroyed dens and vehicles of terrorists with all terrorists, arms and ammunition on board in kafr Shams town northwest Daraa.
Quneitra
Units of army and armed forces killed a number of terrorist and injured others from Jabhat al-Nusra in the countryside of Quneitra.
Another army unit carried out a concentrated operation against dens of terrorists killing a number of them and injuring others to the north of the tank of al Hamedia village west Quneitra.
