Syrian Army Advances in Yabroud as Terrorist Gangs Collapse at Border Areas
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Units of the Syrian armed forces carried out several special operations on Friday in which they ambushed terrorists, killed others, thwarted infiltration attempts and released kidnapped civilians.
A military source said the army units advanced in the farms of Yabroud city in Damascus Countryside and tightened control over the eastern entrance and northeastern borders of the town.
The source added that full collapse within the armed terrorist groups’ ranks accompanied the army’s advance in the city.
SANA field reporter said that the army units killed anumber of terrorists in the industrial area and al-Qlaih roundabout in Yabroud city.
Among the dead terrorists were Maher Yusuf, Mahmoud Abdulazez and Muhab al-Sayyed Ahmad, while other terrorists were arrested at the southern entrance of the city.
The reporter added that other terrorists were killed in Afra town, including Khaldon Sweid and Ahmad Shaban, Al-Manar reported.
She added that other army units destroyed large amounts of weapons and ammunition, in addition to killing scores of terrorists in Barada valley.
Other army units inflicted heavy losses upon terrorists in Halboun town.
Meanwhile, the army units killed all members of an armed terrorist group in Adra al-Balad.
Another army unit killed many terrorists in Jobar neighborhood, including Khalid Suleiman and Mohammad Abu Areda from Lebanon and al-Abadi al-Yunisi from Tunisia.
In Homs countryside, a military source told SANA reporter that an army unit thwarted an armed terrorist group's infiltration attempt from al-Dar al-Kabira towards al-Dweir village in Homs countryside, leaving its members killed and injured.
Meanwhile, an army unit ambushed an armed terrorist group which attempted to escape from al-Hossn town to Khalid valley in Lebanon, killing all its members.
The authorities, in cooperation with the locals, stormed a terrorists' den in al-Qusor district in Hama and arrested all terrorists inside it.
Terrorists Mustafa Habra, Omar Ramadan al-Hussein, Adnan Qatrameez and Aslan Halabiyeh were among the terrorists who were arrested.
A number of machineguns with ammunition were seized as an explosive device at the entrance of the district was dismantled.
A military source told SANA that the army units killed and injured scores of terrorists in the villages and towns of Salma, Dweiren, al-Dwra, al-Dweirkeh, al-Shaiseh and Ghmam in the northern countryside of Lattakia, destroying their weapons and ammunition.
Among the dead terrorists were Abu Saad from Kuwait, Amjad al-Khaznawi and Abu Omar al-Ghanidi from Saudi Arabia, Haitham al-Khlafi from Libya and Mansour al-Ghazawi from Tunisia, Mahmoud Madniyeh, Mo'aen Salwa, Mahran al-Abed and Mansour Hido.
The source added that the army units destroyed a warehouse full of rockets, mortars and a car equipped with 23 mm machine gun.
In another context, SANA reporter said that an army unit, in cooperation with national defense forces, released 3 women from the villages of al-Hambushiyeh, Barouda and Ballouta in the northern countryside of Lattakai, who had been abducted by the armed terrorist groups.
A military source told SANA that the army units killed scores of terrorists in the neighborhoods of Hanano, Bani Zaid, Bustan al-Qaseir, Karm Maiser and al-Rashiden, in addition to destroying their weapons and ammunition.
The source added that other army units killed and injured scores of terrorists in the villages and towns of al-Aweijeh, Handarat camp, al-Mislmiyeh, Bab al-Nairab, industrial city, Hailan, Kwaires, Rasm al-Aboud and the area surrounding the central prison.
