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Provinces, SANA- Army units with a cover from the Syrian Air Force targeted hideouts and gatherings of terrorists from ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations across the country, killing dozens of them and destroying their vehicles and equipment.
Hama
An army unit, with a cover from the Syrian Air force, clashed with Jabhat al-Nusra and Jund al-Aqsa terrorists in al-Tamanaa, Skeik and Atshan who tried to attack residential areas in the direction of Maan, 30 km north of Hama city, a military source told SANA on Friday.
The attack was foiled and 28 terrorists were killed, including one of Jabhat al-Nusra leaders in Atshan who is nicknamed “Abu Moussa”, the source confirmed.
Two vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns and 3 cannons were destroyed in the confrontations.
Homs
The Syrian Air Force carried out airstrikes on concentrations and movements of ISIS terrorists north of Palmyra city and around the warehouses in the area in the eastern countryside of Homs province.
A military source told SANA that the airstrikes resulted in killing many members of ISIS and destroying a number of their vehicles, some of them equipped with machineguns.
Later, the source said that Army and Armed Forces units, in cooperation with popular defense groups, thwarted an infiltration attempt by terrorist groups affiliated with ISIS from the direction of Oum Suhairij village towards the villages of Maksar al-Hussan, Tuloul al-Hawa al-Sharqiya, and Tuloul al-Hawa al-Gharbiya in Jubb al-Jarrah area 73 km east of Homs city.
Army units clashed with the attacking terrorists and targeted them with precision fire, which resulted in destroying a number of their vehicles, some of them equipped with machineguns, and killing a number of terrorists, while the remaining terrorists fled towards Oum Suhairij and nearby villages where they are holed up.
Deir Ezzor
Army units targeted ISIS positions in al-Sinaa and al-Ummal neighborhoods in Deir Ezzor city, destroying them along with the weapons and equipment inside.
In the meantime, the army’s air force hit gatherings and fortifications of ISIS terrorists in al-Kassarat area and Baqjaji farm on the southern outskirts of Deir Ezzor city.
Sweida
An army unit destroyed two vehicles equipped with heavy machineguns belonging to Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in al-Sheikh Hussein and Khleif hills in Sweida countryside.
Daraa
An army unit targeted with concentrated artillery fire 4 vehicles belonging to Jabhat al-Nusra which were moving in Tal al-Sheikh Hussein and Toloul Khalif in the far northeast countryside of Daraa province.
At least 2 vehicles were destroyed, many terrorists were killed and others were injured due to the artillery strikes.
In Daraa al-Balad, army units clashed with terrorist groups affiliated to Jabhat al-Nusra who were attacking military checkpoints to the east of al-Karak Tank and al-Abassia neighborhood.
Numbers of terrorists were killed and their vehicles and mortar launchers were destroyed in the clashes.
