Terrorists' Positions Hit Hard in Army Attacks in Eastern, Western Ghouta

Rasa - The Eastern and Southwestern territories of Damascus province were the scenes of heavy attacks by the Syrian Army and Air Forces on militants' positions, military sources said, adding that dozens of militants were killed or wounded in the attacks.

News ID: 423372

Date: 09 September 2016 - 22:20

RNA - "The Syrian fighter jets, in two combat sorties, pounded the terrorist groups' strongholds and gatherings near Douma in Eastern Ghouta, claiming the lives of several militants," the sources said.

"Meanwhile, Syrian soldiers struck terrorist groups' concentration centers in Khan al-Sheih in Western Ghouta, inflicting serious damages on the militants,"

Earlier this week, the Syrian military forces discovered a long tunnel of the terrorists dug under a neighborhood in a town near the capital in Damascus province and exploded it, leaving dozens of the terrorists stuck inside dead or wounded.

A Syrian army unit destroyed a 400-meter-long tunnel of Jeish al-Islam terrorists in Harasta neighborhood used by the militants as a protection from the army strikes, to store arms and ammunition and to attack the nearby neighborhoods.

A battlefield source said that the tunnel was dug under Ard al-Khams area in Harasta town and it was equipped with mortar cannons and machineguns.

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