Syrian Army Repels Al-Nusra Front's Attack in Homs

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

News ID: 435726

Date: 11 January 2018 - 07:12

RNA - The Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) terrorists' large-scale attacks to capture the government forces' positions near the town of al-Rastan in Northern 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 Hama, Idlib and Damascus, 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.

Homs

The Syrian Army troops repelled terrorists' heavy offensive in Northern Homs on Tuesday, inflicting major losses on them.

The army men exchanged heavy fire with a group of terrorists that tried to break through the government forces' positions near the town of al-Rastan in Northern Homs.

Early army reports said the terrorists sustained at least a dozen casualties and retreated while leaving the bodies of their dead comrades behind in the battlefield.

In the meantime, the army's artillery and missile units pounded terrorists' strongholds and movements in farms East of al-Rastan and inflicted major losses on the militants.

Hama

The Syrian army soldiers continued to advance in Northeastern Hama during military operations to liberate Abu al-Dhohour airbase, regaining control of a strategic region.

The army forces engaged in fierce clashes with al-Nusra Front terrorists in Northeastern Hama, regaining control of the town of al-Rahjan.

The engineering units of the army then cleansed the region from mines and bombs planted by the militants.

Meantime, the Syrian army launched military operations in Ithriya front in Southern Aleppo to reach Abu al-Dhohour airbase.

Military sources said on Tuesday that the terrorists were driven out of three more regions in Southeastern Idlib within the framework of the Syrian army troops to liberate the strategic Abu al-Dhohour airbase.

The army men, backed up by the artillery and missile units, continued to target the defense lines of Al-Nusra Front in Southeastern Idlib and captured the villages of Nafileh, Sarouj and Um Tamakh in their push towards Abu al-Dhohour military airport.

The army men killed and wounded a large number of militants and destroyed their equipment in the clashes.

Idlib

The Syrian Army troops have cut off two out of three supply lines of the Al-Nusra Front to the strategic Abu al-Dhohour airbase in Southeastern Idlib, battlefield sources reported on Tuesday.

The sources said that the army men pushed Al-Nusra back from the village of al-Khariba and closed off the road connecting Abu al-Dhohour to the town of Ma'arat al-Nu'aman.

They added that the army's artillery and missile units targeted the Al-Nusra movements near Abu al-Dhohour and inflicted major losses on them.

The sources pointed to the closure of two roads from Tal Zaman and Ma'arat al-Nu'aman to Abu al-Dhohour and said that the only open way to Abu al-Dhohour in Saraqib road that is still under terrorists' control.

In the meantime, field reports said that Abu Musa al-Hamdani, a senior field commander of Taftnaz terrorist group, was killed together with the entire members of his group in Syrian Army's operation near Abu al-Dhohour.

Reports said earlier on Tuesday that the army men, backed up by the artillery and missile units, continued to target the defense lines of Al-Nusra Front in Southeastern Idlib and captured the villages of Nafileh, Sarouj and Um Tamakh in their push towards Abu al-Dhohour military airport.

Damascus

The Syrian Army has dispatched a large number of its special forces to Eastern Ghouta from their bases in Deir Ezzur to intensify attacks on terrorists, field sources confirmed on Tuesday.

The sources said that a large number of the army's presidential guards have been dispatched to Eastern Damascus from Deir Ezzur, to join their comrades in Harasta region to restore security to the region.

Military sources reported earlier on Tuesday that the army men managed to advance against terrorists in the Grain Mill Company near the Vehicles Management Center in Eastern Ghouta and captured more positions, moving towards the Modira neighborhood and other Eastern neighborhoods in Harasta.

The sources went on to say that the army units managed to capture several buildings in al-Hada'eq neighborhood in Harasta, adding that the army soldiers targeted terrorists' movements in al-Ajami neighborhood in Harasta and destroyed a vehicle of Al-Nusra Front, killing the entire terrorists on board.

The sources added that the army's artillery and missile units pounded terrorists' strongholds in farms between Harasta and Douma, inflicting major losses on the militants. In the meantime, the army forces repelled terrorists' heavy offensive near Technical Institute in the Vehicles Management Center, killing or wounding a number of gunmen.

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