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Provinces, SANA – The Syrian Army, backed by the Air Force, continued carrying out combating terrorism in various area and provinces of the country.
Daraa
An army unit targeted Jabhat al-Nusra-linked terrorist groups that launched an attack from the direction of al-Sheikh Hussein and Khleif hills on military posts on the border with Sweida province, a military source told SANA on Sunday.
The attack was foiled, with many of the terrorists getting killed or injured before the rest escaped, the source said.
Another army unit destroyed an artillery position and a command center for Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Daraa al-Mahatta neighborhood in Daraa city.
More terrorists from groups affiliated to Jabhat al-Nusra suffered heavy losses as they were targeted after attacking military checkpoints in al-Manshiyeh neighborhood in Daraa al-Balad area in the city.
Homs
In the central province of Homs, the Syrian Air Force launched strikes against sites and gatherings of ISIS terrorists in the provinces’ eastern countryside.
A number of vehicles equipped with machine guns were destroyed in the airstrikes to the east of al-Qaryatain city, some 85 km southeast of Homs city.
A large number of ISIS terrorists were also killed as air strikes hit their gatherings, sites and supply routes in the direction of Arak Road to the east of Tadmur (Palmyra) city and in the northern mountains surrounding the city.
Hama
An army unit targeted terrorist positions in the town of Kafrnabouda and surrounding villages in the countryside of Hama province on Sunday, a military source told SANA.
The source said that the army that the positions in question were used by terrorists to fire shells and rockets at al-Sqailibiye town 48 km northwest of Hama city, and that the army’s operations resulted in destroying a number of rocket and mortar launchers in al-Jaberiye village and the surroundings of Kafrnabouda, in addition to killing a number of terrorists.
It should be noted that terrorists targeted al-Sqailibiye with 14 rocket shells on Sunday morning, killing one civilian and injuring 4 others, in addition to causing considerable material damage.
In the province’s eastern countryside, the military source said that an army unit, in cooperation with popular defense groups, set an ambush for terrorist groups from ISIS south of Aqareb town, which resulted in destroying a machinegun-equipped armored vehicles and killing many terrorists.
