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Army Repels Major Attack on Gov't Positions in Homs Province

Rasa - The Syrian army repelled terrorists' massive attack on their positions in Homs province after hours of clashes, inflicting major losses on them.

News ID: 426012

Date: 24 December 2016 - 23:20

RNA - The ISIL terrorists' major attack to capture the government forces' positions Jubb al-Jarrah was fended off by the strong defense of the Syrian military men.

Meantime, the Syrian army and popular forces continued their military advances in other parts of Syria, including Damascus and Deir Ezzur, over the past 24 hours.

Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured during the Syrian army's operations in Syria's key provinces.

Homs

Syrian Army troops and popular forces once again repelled a major ISIL offensive in Northeastern Homs, killing 20 militants, including a notorious fighter.

The Army soldiers and popular defense forces warded off another ISIL attack targeting the military posts in Jubb al-Jarrah region, killing 20 terrorists, including Abu Bakr Helfaya, a notorious militant.

Reports said earlier on Friday that the army soldiers also fended off ISIL's offensives on government forces' positions in the villages of Jubb al-Jarrah, al-Masoudiyeh, Maksar al-Hassan, Jabal al-Shoumeriyeh, Abu al-Alaya and Um al-Reish, killing and wounding a number of terrorists.

Aleppo

Syrian Army soldiers repelled ISIL's attack on government forces' positions in a key town in the Eastern part of Aleppo province, killing over 120 militants and wounding many more.

The army men warded off ISIL's offensives on its strongholds near the town of Deir Hafer, killing 120 terrorists and destroying their military hardware.

Meantime, clashes are underway between the Turkey-backed militants and ISIL in the nearby town of Al-Bab.

Deir Ezzur

Russian fighter jets carried out several combat flights over ISIL's positions and gatherings in Deir Ezzur, inflicting major casualties on the terrorists.

The warplanes carried out a number of airstrikes over the Thardah mountain, al-Rashidiyah, al-Arfa, and al-Huweiqa districts of Deir Ezzur city, killing a number of militants and wounding many more.

The Russian Air Force is still conducting airstrikes over the region, hitting targets all over the vast Syrian Desert which stretches as far East as the Iraqi border.

Earlier reports said that Syrian Army troops fended off ISIL's attacks on their positions in the Eastern city of Deir Ezzur.

ISIL launched massive offensives in Deir Ezzur, targeting the army's positions in al-Mozafeen district and al-Maqabr area.

ISIL began the assault by storming a height inside the al-Maqabr area; this resulted in a fierce clash with the army soldiers.

Following the attack on the mountain, an ISIL unit attacked the army's defense lines near a cemetery in al-Maqabr, resulting in another heavy fighting that lasted for nearly two hours.

The army men repelled ISIL's attacks, killing and wounding a number of them.

ISIL suffered a heavy death toll and its equipment sustained major damage in the failed attacks, pulling the remaining pockets of forces back from the battlefields.

Damascus

A large number of Syrian Army soldiers and popular forces are getting ready to carry out an imminent operation in Eastern Ghouta to hit the remaining positions of the terrorist groups in the region, the Army's High Command announced.

The Syrian Army's High Command announced that the soldiers and popular fighters are preparing to begin a major military operation in Eastern Ghouta aimed at expelling the rest of militant groups in the region.

The Army's High Command has been building up their forces in Eastern Ghouta, sending convoy after convoy of reinforcements in order to increase the total number of military personnel participating in this upcoming offensive.

Many of these reinforcements are from Western Ghouta and have participated in several battles in Khan al-Sheih, Darayya, Mo'adhamiyeh al-Sham and Deir al-Khabiyeh.

Reports said earlier on Friday that the Syrian Air Force and Army troops targeted heavily the terrorist groups' movements and positions in Eastern Ghouta, inflicting heavy casualties on the militants.

The army soldiers opened heavy fire at the movements of the terrorist groups in the town of Harasta, inflicting several casualties on the militants and slowing down their movements in the region.

The army aircraft for their part pounded terrorists' positions in the surrounding regions of the town of Jobar, in the village of Basimeh and in depth of Eastern Ghouta.

Hama

The Syrian Air Force carried out heavy airstrikes on terrorist group's concentration centers in Northern Hama, while the army units engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL terrorists in the Eastern parts of the province.

The warplanes pounded terrorists' positions in the town of Morek and the village of al-Satahiyat, inflicting major losses on the militants.

The army's ground units also engaged in heavy fighting with ISIL terrorists that stormed government forces' positions near the villages of Um al-Balaya, Fraytan and Tal Jadid.

The warplanes also targeted the ISIL gathering centers and moves in al-Shakousiya village in Aqayrabat which killed 7 militants and blew up a vehicle with all the terrorists inside.

Meantime, the Syrian forces attacked the terrorists' positions in Souran city in Northern Hama and inflicted losses on the militants.

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