Syrian Army Establishes Control Over New Areas in Aleppo, Damascus Countryside

Provinces, SANA – The Army and Armed Forces, continued on Tuesday targeting the positions, gatherings, and vehicles of terrorists in several areas across Syria.

Aleppo

A military source confirmed Army units restored full control over al-Farafira neighborhood in Aleppo city after eliminating the latest gatherings of terrorist groups in it.

The source said in a statement to SANA that army units carried out a swift operation, during which they established full control over al-Farafira neighborhood to the northwest of Aleppo Citadel after killing many terrorists, most of them members in the so called “Noor Eddin al-Zanki Movement” and Jabhat al-Nusra, and destroying their weaponry and ammunition.

The source added that engineering units dismantled landmines and explosive devices that were planted earlier by terrorist organizations before the rest of their members fled away from the neighborhood.

The source pointed out that an army unit destroyed command sites for terrorist organizations through detonating a tunnel in al-Izaa neighborhood along with all terrorists inside it.

The source said that another army unit directed a concentrated strike on a site that terrorist organizations were using for monitoring the area of al-Brij to the south of Handarat Camp in the northern countryside of Aleppo, destroying it totally.

The Air Force destroyed a number of positions and vehicles belonging to the terrorist groups in Daret Izzeh town and Qubtan al-Jabal village to the west of Aleppo.

The Air Force carried out sorties against fortifications and dens of terrorist organizations on the axis of Kafr Hamra, Anadan, and Haiyan to the northwest of Aleppo, destroying their positions and dens and killing a number of their members.

Damascus countryside

A unit of the army and armed forces, in cooperation with popular defense groups, confronts infiltration attempts by terrorists and launch a counterattack and establish control over farms between al-Rihan and Tal Kurdi in Damascus countryside.

Daraa

Army and Armed Forces unit destroyed several vehicles and positions of terrorist organizations and killed a number of their members in bombardments against their fortifications in Daraa al-Balad area in Daraa province, a military source told SANA.

Hama

A military source told SANA that army units targeted the terrorist organizations’ gatherings in the villages of Ma’an and its surroundings, Tayebet al-Imam, Mourek, Tal Bezam, and M’ardes in the northern countryside of Hama province.

The source added that the army destroyed three tanks, four combat vehicles, and six machinegun-equipped cars, in addition to eliminating a number of terrorists.

Idleb

In the southern countryside of Idleb province, the Syrian Air Force destroyed terrorist organizations’ vehicles and killed a number of their members after targeting their gatherings and fortifications in the villages of Ba’rbo, al-Tamana town, and south of Khan Shaikhoun town.

Homs

The Syrian Air Force destroyed a number of ISIS positions and vehicles, some equipped with machineguns, in al-Sekhneh, north of al-Shaer oil field, south of Palmyra, and al-Rastan in Homs countryside, according to a military source.

The source confirmed the destruction of one of ISIS sites and the killing of a number of terrorists during an army’s airstrike on their locations to the south of Um Qobiba east of Homs city.

In the northern countryside of Homs, the Syrian Air Force carried out an airstrike on the fortified positions of Jabhat al-Nusra in al-Rastan city, destroying a number of the terrorist organization’ sites and killing many of its members.