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Army Repels Terrorists' Attacks on Gov't Positions in Hama

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

News ID: 429404

Date: 02 May 2017 - 22:39

RNA - The terrorists' offensives to capture the government forces' positions in Hama 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 Damascus and Dara'a, 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.

Hama

The Syrian army forces warded off the terrorist groups' attacks against their positions in Southern Salamiyeh region, killing a large number of militants.

The Syrian troops engaged in fierce clashes with terrorists who had attacked a number of military points near the village of Taldareh in Western Salamiyeh and repulsed their offensive after killing a large number of militants.

Also in the Northern parts of Hama, the Russian and Syrian fighter jets launched heavy airstrikes against al-Nusra Front (also known as Fatah al-Sham Front or the Levant Liberation Board) in the towns of al-Latamina, Kafr Zita, Latmin and al-Zakat, killing and wounding several terrorists.

According to field sources, the army soldiers continued military operations to take back control of the remaining bases of the terrorists in Northern Hama.

Damascus

The Syrian army forces continued operations in Eastern Damascus and took control of the biggest bastion of al-Nusra Front in al-Qaboun district.

The Syrian army forces seized back control of Abdul Qani Bajeqni school as one of the biggest and most important al-Nusra bases in the district and a number of other adjacent blocks.

They also advanced in the Western parts of al-Qaboun's power plant and regained military control of the main street in al-Qaboun.

The Syrian soldiers killed a large number of terrorists during the operations.

Dara'a

Three notorious ringleaders of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) terrorist group were killed when their car exploded in Northeastern Dara'a.

Media sources affiliated to the dissidents reported that the local council commander in the town of Basir al-Tahrir named Ahmad al-Hariri was killed along with two other comrades when his car exploded on the road linking the towns of al-Soura and al-Qariya.

Also, Qassem al-Mojali and Bashar al-Ayan al-Hariri, the commanders of the FSA-affiliated Amoud Houran brigade, were also killed during the car explosion.

Homs

The Syrian ground troops, supported by the air force, launched massive operations against ISIL in Eastern Homs, and imposed control over al-Shoumeriyeh mountain.

The victory was gained after heavy clashes with the ISIL in Eastern Homs and inflicting tens of casualties and damages on the terrorists.

The Syrian air force, artillery and missile units also heavily pounded the ISIL positions in the region.

According to field sources, clashes still continue in al-Mokhram region in Eastern Homs.

The Syrian Army troops' continued advances in Eastern Homs forced the ISIL to start pulling forces back from more territories, leaving behind a number of dead members and destroyed equipment.

The army soldiers engaged in a fresh round of clashes with ISIL in energy-rich regions in Eastern Homs on Sunday and captured al-Sha'er communication station, al-Sha'er factory, Qara al-Baak region, Thaniyat al-Raz mount, Wells 103, 108,110 and 112 near the main well, 105, in al-Sha'er oilfield.

Tens of ISIL militants were killed and tens of their vehicles were damaged in the attacks.

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