Syria in Last 24 Hours:

Army Repels Al-Nusra Front's Attacks on Gov't Positions in Aleppo

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

News ID: 431652

Date: 13 August 2017 - 22:58

RNA - The Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) terrorists' attacks to capture the government forces' positions in Northern countryside of Aleppo city 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 Homs, 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.

Aleppo

The Syrian Army troops engaged in fierce clashes with Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) in the Northern countryside of Aleppo city and managed to repel their attack.

The army men clashed fiercely with Al-Nusra that attacked the government forces' positons in al-Malah farms and fended off their offensive.

ISIL suffered heavy casualties in the failed attack.

Military sources reported on Friday that a large number of fresh forces of the Syrian Army and National Defense Forces (NDF) arrived in the Western countryside of Aleppo.

The sources said that reinforcement troops of the Syrian Army and NDF arrived in the Western countryside of Aleppo to strengthen the government’s front-lines in the Western direction of al-Zahra Association Quarter and al-Rashedeen 4 suburb.

While reinforcements were arriving in large numbers over the last two weeks, it was not clear if the Syrian Army intended to launch an offensive anytime soon given the ongoing political negotiations.

The army threatened the militants in Anadan Plain and Rashedeen 4 suburbs to surrender.

Hama

The Syrian Army has dispatched a large number of Special Forces to Eastern Hama to join their comrades' war on ISIL terrorists, military sources reported Saturday.

The sources said that the army men stormed ISIL's defense lines and pushed them back from several heights overlooking the Eastern side of the village of al-Mab'oujeh near the village of Salba.

The sources went on to say that ISIL suffered heavy casualties in the attack, adding that the army has also gained military control over Salba.

The sources further said that the army has forwarded a large number of special forces and a large volume of equipment to Eastern Hama to accelerate the army men's advances against ISIL in the region.

Homs

The Syrian Army troops hit ISIL's defense lines hard in Eastern Homs on Saturday and managed to impose control over another strategic village in their push towards Deir Ezzur.

The army men engaged in fierce clashes with ISIL and pushed them back from the village of al-Salehiyeh after they captured the village of al-Tarfawi Northeast of Abu al-Alaya.

Field reports said that a tough battle is underway between the army men and ISIL militants in Jubb al-Jarah East of al-Mokhrem.

Raqqa

The Syrian Army helicopters carried out several heliborne operations in the depth of Badiyeh (desert) in the border region between Raqqa and Homs provinces and managed to drive ISIL terrorists out of more positions, military sources reported on Saturday.

The sources said that the army helicopters conducted night-time heliborne operations behind the defense lines of the ISIL South of the town of al-Kadir at Raqqa's provincial border with Homs and managed to advance 21km and impose control over Khirbet Makman region and the town al-Kadir.

The army soldiers also advanced against ISIL 12km Eastward and captured the village of Beir al-Rohoum, the sources went on to say.

They added that the army men killed a large number of terrorists, destroyed 20 military vehicles and seven bomb laden cars and seized two tanks and several cannons.

Earlier reports said that ISIL has sent more terrorists and military hardware to the Southeastern parts of Raqqa province to protect its last stronghold in the region against the Syrian Army troops' devastating advances.

Local sources said that the ISIL terrorist group has forwarded a large number of forces and a large volume of military equipment to the town of Ma'adan in last two days to slow down the army soldiers' rapid advances in the region.

The ISIL is trying hard to prevent the fall of Ma'adan to the army because the latter's control over Ma'adan will pave the way for the pro-government forces to enter Deir Ezzur province.

The sources further added that the ISIL has also carried out several surprise attacks on army positions in areas surrounding Ma'adan to prevent the soldiers' advances.

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