Army Inflicts Heavy Losses on Terrorists in Homs Province

Rasa - The Syrian army hit hard the terrorists' military positions and hardware in the Northern part of Homs province.

News ID: 434986

Date: 27 November 2017 - 22:19

RNA - The terrorists in Homs province sustained heavy losses in tough battle with the Syrian army.

The Syrian army also continued its advances in other key provinces across Syria.

Homs

The Syrian Army's artillery units shelled terrorists' positions and movements in Northern Homs on Saturday, retaliating the militants' violation of the ceasefire in the province's de-escalation zone.

The terrorists, deployed in Northern Homs, targeted civilians in the village of Kafr Nan in Northwestern Homs by machineguns, violating truce.

The artillery units pounded terrorists' strongholds and movements in al-Tayebeh Qarbi, Ein Hossein Janoubi and along the road connecting the village of Kisin to al-Qajar region, inflicting major losses on the terrorists.

Local sources reported on Friday that the terrorist groups' snipers targeted people in residential areas in a village in Northern Homs, causing the Syrian pro-government forces to retaliate.

The snipers, deployed in Kisisn, targeted the village of Kafr Nan and violated truce in Northern Homs, the sources said, adding that the pro-government National Defense Forces' artillery and missile units shelled terrorists' positions heavily in Kisin.

No reports have been revealed about possible casualties yet.

Damascus

The Syrian Army troops kicked off a fresh round of heavy attacks to purge Eastern Ghouta of terrorists, field sources confirmed on Saturday.

The sources reported that the army men stormed the positions of Faylaq al-Rahman and Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) in Jobar region in Eastern countryside of Damascus.

Also, the army's artillery units and tanks opened heavy fire at terrorists' positions along the road connecting Jobar to Ein Terma region.

The sources further said that fierce clashes are underway between the army men and terrorists close to Vehicles Management Center in Harasta.

Idlib

Military sources said on Saturday that the Syrian Army troops are in final stages of military-logistic preparations to kick off a large-scale anti-terrorism operation in Idlib province from different directions amid the government forces' advances in Hama and Aleppo.

The sources said that the army has put a large number of its elite force on alert in Northeastern Hama and Southern Aleppo to kick off the final phase of an imminent operation to capture the strategic Abu al-Dhohour airbase in Southeastern Idlib.

The sources said that the first phase of the army operation will end after purging Northeastern Hama and Southern Aleppo of terrorists.

The sources further added that the army is not expected to face much resistance in its operation in Idlib as rifts have recently widened among terrorist groups in the region.

Hama

The ISIL managed to expel rival terrorists of Al-Nusra Front from more than 15 villages in Northeastern Hama, militant-affiliated websites reported on Saturday.

The websites reported that the ISIL captured the villages of Aniq Bajerah, Towtah, Hajilah, Abu Harij, Abu Marw, Abu Khanadeq, al-Samiriyah, al-Jadiadah, al-Wasitah, al-Mazabe'a, al-Shalou, al-Zajafi, Tawal al-Dabaqin and Jenah al-Sawarenah after heavy clashes with the Al-Nusra in Northeastern Hama.

Local sources said on Friday that the ISIL drove the Al-Nusra Front out of six more villages after days of heavy clashes in Northeastern Hama, heading towards Idlib province.

Deir Ezzur

Russian strategic bombers targeted ISIL terrorist group's command posts and movements on the Western bank of the Euphrates River in Deir Ezzur province in Eastern Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry announced.

Six Tu-22M3 strategic bombers took off from an airfield in Russia towards the vicinity of Abbas town on the Western bank of the Euphrates River and targeted ISIL's command posts, inflicting major damage on the terrorist group's positions, the Russian Ministry said.

The Ministry said that all the Russian warplanes returned safely to their bases after completing the mission, adding that the UAVs which were already flying in the area recorded the results of the bombardment.

"Su-30SM fighter jets based at the Humeimim airbase provided backing for the bombers in Syria’s airspace. All Russian aircraft returned to their home bases when the mission was completed," the ministry added.

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