RNA - The army resumed military operation in the Eastern suburbs of Damascus, hitting militants at both Jobar and Ein Terma.
According to a battlefield source, pro-government forces advanced inside Jobar, seizing a number of points in the Taibeh area after hours of bloody clashes.
Other units of the army recaptured several buildings within the Taibeh in Northeastern Jobar, following heavy clashes with the Takfiri terrorists.
The Syrian Army also broke through Faylaq Al-Rahman’s front-lines in the Western part of Ein Terma, capturing several points from the militants.
The Syrian soldiers also managed to prevail over the militants' defense lines near the al-Kheir market compound.
An army officer pointed to the military importance of Jobar, and said that the Syrian army has dispatched a large number of forces and a large volume of equipment to this front and also summoned a large number of its experienced soldiers to Jobar battle.
The source said that rifts are widening in the terrorists' front, adding that the army soldiers are to cut off all the supply lines to Jobar and lay siege on the militants inside the region.
He further said that the pro-government forces are to bypass the enemy front from the Northern and Southern directions in order to pave the ground for a final attack on Jobar.
Relevant reports said on Tuesday that the army men engaged in a tough battle with Al-Nusra Front (also known as Fatah al-Sham Front or the Levant Liberation Board) in Jobar and Ein Terma regions, while the army's artillery units opened heavy fire at terrorists' positions behind the frontline.
In the meantime, the Syrian Air Force carried out several combat sorties over Al-Nusra's positions in Jobar and Ein Terma.
A military source said the army units have won back several positions in their anti-terrorism operation in Jobar and Ein Terma.
The source pointed to the collapse of the terrorist front and said that 25 members of Al-Nusra were killed in the clashes with the army.
An operation room that coordinated the movements of terrorist groups was also destroyed in the army attacks.
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