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10 April 2017 - 21:20
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Syria in Last 24 Hours:
Rasa - The Syrian fighter jets destroyed a number of command centers of the terrorists in Damascus province, killing tens of militants.
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RNA - The Syrian air force struck and destroyed the terrorists' command centers in Eastern Ghouta in Damascus province.

 

The Syrian army also conducted major military operations in different parts of the country over last 24 hours.

 

Damascus

 

The Syrian Air Force carried out repeated combat flights over the positions of Al-Nusra Front in Eastern Ghouta, destroying five command posts of the terrorists.

 

The fighter jets targeted heavily the Al-Nusra's positions in al-Qaboun district North-East of Damascus, leaving five main command posts of the terrorists destroyed and the militants inside them dead.

 

In the meantime, the army's artillery and missile units opened heavy fire at terrorists' centers in al-Qaboun, killing and wounding a number of militants.

 

Dara'a

 

The Syrian Army troops, backed up by the country's Air Force, warded off another massive attack of Al-Nusra Front (also known as Fatah al-Sham Front or the Levant Liberation Board) in the Southern city of Dara'a, killing over 75 terrorists, including senior commanders.

 

The army soldiers engaged in tough battle with Al-Nusra Front terrorists that had launched a large-scale attack on government forces' positions in al-Manshiyeh neighborhood with six bomb-laden suicide vehicles, hundreds of explosive gas containers and missiles, killing over 75 terrorists, including suicide attackers and militants from Saudi Arabia and Jordan.

 

Several senior commanders, including Commander of Majd al-Islam Battalion Mohammad Abazeid nom de guerre Abu Moslem and Salim Mohammad Shatiwi, were among the terrorists killed in the battle.

 

Military sources said that simultaneous with the clashes between the army men and terrorists in Dara'a city, Khalkhaleh airbase went on red alert and several army aircraft carried out combat flights over the Al-Nusra's defense lines and movements in al-Manshiyeh.

 

The sources, meantime, rejected reports alleging terrorists' advances in al-Manshiyeh, saying the army had in some cases conducted tactical retreating, but now the army soldiers are carrying out counterattack and taking back lost positions.

 

Idlib

 

Media sources said that the Syrian Air Force in a crushing response to the US missile attack on Shayrat airbase in Southwestern Homs launched massive airstrikes on terrorists' depot of US-made arms and ammunition in Idlib.

 

The Arabic language al-Hadath news website reported that as a first massive response to the Thursday missile strikes, the Syrian warplanes took off from Shayrat airbase and targeted a huge depot of American arms and munitions of the Al-Nusra Front in al-Qasaniyeh settlement in Jisr al-Shughour region in Southern Idlib, destroying the entire weapons stocked in there and killing a number of militants at and around the depot.

 

Well-informed sources in Northern Syrian reported earlier on Sunday that the Syrian Army troops have opened heavy fire at an American reconnaissance plane in Northern Hasaka, forcing the US plane to leave the country's airspace.

 

The sources said that the intense fire of the special forces forced an American reconnaissance plane to leave the region after approaching the army troops' positions in Qamishli border city.

 

Meanwhile, a military source confirmed the report, stressing that the US reconnaissance aircraft was flying over the Syrian Army Base in Qamishli and distanced itself from the region after it came under fire.

 

Hama

 

The Syrian Army's military and missile units shelled the defense lines of the Al-Nusra Front in Northern Hama, destroying one of their main positions and killing a number of militants, including a commander.

 

The artillery and missile units opened heavy fire at the concentration centers of the Al-Nusra Front in the town of al-Latamina, 35km North of Hama city, destroying one of their main positions and killing or wounding a number of terrorists.

 

In the meantime, the army soldiers engaged in fierce clashes with terrorists in the town of Ma'ardes North of Hama province, destroying one of their gathering centers and killing a number of them, including their commander nom de guerre Mohammad al-Hamadi.

 

Reports said earlier on Sunday that the army soldiers engaged in fierce clashes with Al-Nusra in Taybat al-Imam region, winning back control over al-Qaban checkpoint.

 

In the meantime, the Syrian Air Force launched heavy airstrikes on the positions and movements of the terrorists in the towns of Taybat al-Imam and al-Latamina, killing or wounding a number of militants and destroying their equipment and vehicles.

 

The army men, meanwhile, engaged in heavy fighting with Al-Nusra in areas near the town of Ma'ardes and managed to kill all the 30 members of a terrorist group in clashes under the Ma'ardes bridge, while other units of the army targeted and destroyed a vehicle carrying militants on Ma'ardes-Souran road.

 

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