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Army Repels Terrorists’ Attacks on Gov't Positions in Homs

Rasa - Syrian army soldiers repelled terrorists’ attacks on their positions in Homs province after hours of clashes, inflicting major losses on them.

News ID: 429104

Date: 21 April 2017 - 20:59

RNA - The ISIL terrorists' attacks to capture the government forces' positions in Eastern Homs were 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 Aleppo and Damascus, over the past 24 hours.

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

Homs

The Syrian army warded off ISIL's attacks on several military points in Eastern Homs, leaving a number of terrorists dead and wounded.

The Syrian army units engaged in clashes with the ISIL terrorists who had attacked several military points from Ibn Arsan and Saniyat al-Mazibeleh regions and Sawaneh al-Mahseh mountain and al-Quaryatayn dam in Eastern Homs, and repelled their attack after killing and wounding several terrorists.

The army soldiers also attacked ISIL's positions in the Eastern parts of al-Quaryatayn, inflicting tolls and damages on the militants.

Meantime, the Syrian army could shoot down a drone belonging to the terrorists in the village of Western Salam in Eastern Homs.

Also, the al-Nusra Front's positions in al-Sa'n al-Aswad, al-Talaqiyat farm, al-Qantou and al-Ameriyeh regions were attacked by the Syrian army forces.

Army reports said a large number of militants were killed and a number of vehicles of the terrorists were also destroyed in the attack.

Damascus

The Syrian army, supported by the air force, continued military operations against al-Nusra Front (also known as Fatah al-Sham Front or the Levant Liberation Board) in Eastern Damascus and won control of several points in al-Qaboun district.

The army units heavily clashed with the terrorists in the Northeastern parts of al-Qaboun and drove them out of several farms and residential blocks.

They also attacked the al-Nusra Front's positions in al-Qaboun district and its supply routes in Jobar, killing several terrorists.

Earlier on Thursday, the Syrian ground and air force units destroyed several terrorist bases in al-Qaboun district.

The army units targeted the al-Nusra's position in al-Qaboun with missile and artillery fire.

The Syrian fighter jets, meantime, launched repeated attacks against the terrorists in the Eastern and Southern parts of al-Qaboun, blowing up several positions and killing a number of militants.

The Syrian air force also attacked the terrorists' supply routes in regions between Jobar district and the town of Ain Tarma in Eastern Ghouta.

The air force also heavily pounded the al-Nusra's hideouts and moves in Arabayan city, the Northern farms of Harasta, the Northern Parts of Douma and the gardens between Douma and Harasta.

Hama

The Syrian army and resistance forces started a new round of massive assaults in Northern Hama on Thursday morning to capture the strategic town of Halfaya.

The army and its allies engaged in heavy clashes with the terrorists from the direction of the town of Mahrada in the West and Sansahar checkpoint in the South.

Meantime, the news websites affiliated to the dissident groups reported that during the clashes in Northern Hama, 2 military commanders of Jeish al-Izza terrorist group, named as Mohammad Jallad and Saher Adnan al-Saleh, were killed.

Meantime, the Syrian army units continued military operations against al-Nusra Front in Northern Hama, and captured the strategic town of Taybat al-Imam.

The army soldiers engaged in heavy clashes with terrorists in the Southern and Eastern parts of Taybat al-Imam and areas near the town of Halfaya, and seized back control of the strategic town of Taybat al-Imam after killing scores of terrorists.

Alongside the ground troops operation, the missile and artillery units of the army targeted the terrorists' bases and moves in al-Masaseneh, al-Buwaizeh Ma'arkabeh, al-Lahaya and Mourek, inflicting dozens of casualties and damage on the militants.

Dara'a

The Syrian army forces repelled an offensive of the al-Nusra Front on several military points in Dara'a, killing a terrorist field commander.

The Syrian soldiers also engaged in heavy clashes with the al-Nusra terrorists who had launched another attack on army positions in al-Manshiyeh district in Dara'a and warded off their offensive.

A military source reported that a number of militants were killed in clashes with the Syrian troops, including al-Nusra Front's field commander Abu al-Yaman, adding that several other terrorists were also wounded.

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