RNA - "Congratulations to the Syrian people, Armed Forces and president on the liberation of Quneitra from the hands of the al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) terrorists and the Zionists," Amir Abdollahian wrote on his twitter page.
"This victory means that it will be possible to liberate the occupied Golan Heights as a result of efforts by the Syrians," he underlined.
The Syrian army forces managed to capture Quneitra city in the Southwestern part of the country near the border with Israeli-occupied Golan Heights after a month of non-stop battle against terrorists, field sources reported on Saturday.
The sources said that the army men freed Quneitra city and its outskirts completely and entered the city, hoisting government flag in al-Tahrir square.
According to Fars News Agancy, he sources further said that the army's engineering units has started defusing bombs and landmines planted by the terrorists across the city.
The army men also freed the small towns of al-Quneitra Mahdama, al-Qahtaniyah al-Rawazi, al-Samdaniyah al-Qarbiyah, al-Ajraf, Um al-Ozam Dam and al-Alam square in Quneitra outskirts, the sources said, adding that militants in the Jabata, Taranjah, Ofaniyah and al-Horiyah regions have also handed over their heavy and semi-heavy weapons to the army men under a surrender plan in the region.
The sources went on to say that there are only a few villages under militants' control in Quneitra now and the army is nearing complete liberation of the entire province.
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