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Terrorists Sustain Heavy Losses in Army Offensives Near Ancient Palmyra City

Rasa - The Syrian army inflicted heavy losses on ISIL terrorists by hitting their military positions in the vicinity of the ancient city of Palmyra in the Eastern part of Homs province.

News ID: 428158

Date: 14 March 2017 - 23:52

RNA - The terrorists were pushed back from their strongholds South of Palmyra city in Homs province.

Scores of terrorists were killed and wounded in tough battle with the Syrian government forces.

The Syrian army and popular forces also continued their military gains in other key provinces across Syria.

Homs

The Syrian Army troops struck heavily ISIL's defense lines South of the newly-liberated city of Palmyra (Tadmur), driving terrorists out of the city's Power Convertor Station.

The army men engaged in fierce clashes with the ISIL and managed to push them back from Palmyra's Power Convertor Station and Sabkhah (lagoon) al-Mouh in the Southern countryside of the ancient city.

A military source in Eastern Homs said that the army's attack inflicted heavy casualties on the ISIL and destroyed several military vehicles.

The source added that the remaining pockets of ISIL fled the battlefield.

Reports said earlier on Monday that the army units targeted ISIL's military convoy of vehicles that were retreating from the Eastern direction of Palmyra towards the terrorist-held regions in Deir Ezzur province, destroying several vehicles and killing or wounding their crew.

In the meantime, the Syrian Air Force carried out several combat flights over ISIL's positions in Arak village and near the Third Station in Eastern Homs.

Also, the army soldiers continued to attack ISIL's positions from Palmyra's military airport towards Bayarat al-Sharqi and engaged in fierce clashes with them on a road between Palmyra and al-Sukhnah town, killing and wounding a number of terrorists.

Elsewhere in the province, the army men targeted badly the terrorists' positions and concentration centers in Tal Zahab settlement in al-Houleh plain and in al-Qantou town.

Aleppo

The Syrian Army troops continued to hit the positions of ISIL in Eastern Aleppo and managed to drive the terrorists out of one more key settlement near the strategic town of Deir Hafer still under ISIL control.

The army troops engaged in an intense battle with the ISIL East of Kuweires Airbase and took full control over Hamimeh al-Kabireh settlement a few kilometers away from the terrorist-held town of Deir Hafer.

The ISIL suffered heavy casualties and its military hardware sustained major damage in the attack.

Damascus

The Syrian Army troops continued their advances against Al-Nusra Front (Fatah al-Sham Front) in Eastern Ghouta and drove a wedge between the Barzeh district North-East of the capital and its nearby gardens, sources said.

The sources said that the army men stormed the Al-Nusra positions and drove them out of al-Bostan (garden) pool that is located in Barzeh gardens and was one of the most important positions of Al-Nusra, and managed to advance against terrorists 700 meters in length and 500 meters in width South of the pool towards al-Hafez street in al-Qaboun district.

They added that the army soldiers took full control over al-Hafez street from the gardens of Barzeh and also seized full control over Darb al-Tawileh road that connects Barzeh district to al-Qaboun and Barzeh gardens.

The sources went on to say that with the army's control over Darb al-Tawileh road, Bostans are now under the full control of the army men, and Barzeh district has also been completely separated from gardens.

Earlier reports said that the Army soldiers engaged in fierce clashes with Al-Nusra terrorists in al-Qaboun district in the Northeastern outskirts of Damascus city and managed to take back control of the central prison and security post of the terrorists with the back up of the artillery units.

The army units also destroyed several tunnels of the terrorists connecting al-Qaboun to the other parts of Eastern Ghouta.

In the meantime, heavy fighting restarted between the army men and terrorists in Karash front in Jobar district and al-Qaboun's gardens.

Raqqa

The predominantly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continued to advance against ISIL in Northeastern Syria and managed to take control of more strategic villages on the banks of the Euphrates River.

The SDF fighters continued to attack ISIL's positions in Abu Khashab front and took control over Matab and Khas Ajil villages on the bank of Euphrates River in Eastern Raqqa.

In the meantime, the Kurdish combatants engaged in heavy fighting with ISIL in Khashab front and drove ISIL out of Ka'as al-Jabal village Southeast of Raqqa province.

Deir Ezzur

The Syrian army troops engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL terrorists in the Eastern and Southern countryside of Deir Ezzur city and managed to fend off their attacks.

The army soldiers repelled ISIL's attacks on government forces' positions in the Eastern direction of Deir Ezzur city and two other flanks near the city's airbase and Tamin Brigade in the Southern countryside of the city, killing or wounding a number of terrorists and forcing the rest of them to retreat from the battlefields.

In the meantime, the army's artillery units shelled ISIL's movements and positions in al-Maqaber (cemetery) region, near the Electricity Company, Tamin Brigade, airbase, al-Makbat region, cement block making factories and in Jafrah village, killing a number of terrorists and destroying several command posts of them and a military vehicle.

Idlib

Forces of the Popular Committees in the besieged towns of Fua'a and Kafraya fended off an attack of Al-Nusra Front (recently renamed to Fatah al-Sham Front), killing and wounding a number of terrorists.

The Popular Committees' forces in predominately Shiite towns of Fua'a and Kafraya engaged in fierce clashes with a group of Al-Nusra terrorists that tried to prevail over their defense lines from Banish town toward a region between the towns of Fua'a and Kafraya, killing and wounding a number of terrorists.

Clashes are still underway between the popular committees and Al-Nusra terrorists in Fua'a and Kafraya, local sources said.

The sources added that the terrorists have been targeting residential areas in Fua'a and Kafraya from Banish front in last 48 hours, injuring tens of civilians.

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