Syria in Last 24 Hours:

Army Continues Advancing in Eastern Damascus

Rasa - The Syrian army troops kept on rolling in Eastern Ghouta against the Al-Nusra Front (Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at or the Levant Liberation Board) after the ceasefire ended in Eastern Damascus.

News ID: 436676

Date: 03 March 2018 - 22:07

RNA - The army men carried out a night attack on Al-Nusra in Eastern Ghouta and seized control over a region from Hawsh al-Zariqiyeh to Samsam Company.

The army soldiers were supported by the artillery and missile units. Army reports said the Al-Nusra suffered tens of casualties in the attack.

Meantime, the Syrian army continued its military advances in other parts of Syria over past 24 hours.

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

Damascus

The Syrian Army troops continued assault on Al-Nusra Front terrorists and captured more key points after the third day of a daily ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta ended, field sources said on Friday.

The sources said that the army men carried out a night attack on Al-Nusra in Eastern Ghouta and seized control over a region from Hawsh al-Zariqiyeh to Samsam Company.

The army has been attacking Al-Nusra at nights after termination of daily truce that is underway in Eastern Ghouta.

Meantime, several terrorists were killed in clashes with civilians in Eastern Damascus as the terrorists have been blocking civilians' exit from Eastern Ghouta via humanitarian corridors, the Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria reported on Friday.

The Russian center said that people in the town of Douma engaged in heavy fighting with terrorists after execution of four civil activists by the terrorists, adding that the terrorist groups in Eastern Ghouta execute those who try to leave the region.

It went on to say that three terrorists were killed in the clashes with people in Douma.

Idlib

Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) stormed the positions of Syria's Tahrir Front and seized back control over a large region in Idlib province after they were joined by the Islamic al-Turkistani Party, field sources reported on Friday.

The sources said that the al-Turkistani terrorists, deployed in Jisr al-Shughour, have joined Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at in the battle against other rival terrorist groups.

They added that Tahrir al-Sham managed to win back control over the town of Ma'arat Mesrin and the villages of Hazra, Tarmanin and Tal Adah and the settlements of Ram Hamdan, Hazano, Hannoush and Ma'ara al-Nu'asan in Northern Idlib after affiliation of al-Turkistani to its gunmen.

Meantime, Abdul Hamid, a notorious Mufti (religious leader) of Jeish al-Ahrar terrorist group, was gunned down by an unknown attacker in Idlib city, militant-affiliated sources disclosed on Friday.

Abdul Hamid nom de guerre Abu Torab, a notorious Egyptian Mufti of Jeish al-Ahrar, was killed by unknown assailants at a Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at checkpoint at the entrance of Idlib city amid intensifying infighting among terrorist groups in Aleppo, Idlib and Hama provinces.

Field sources in Southern Idlib said on Thursday that a number of Tahrir al-Sham and Syria's Tahrir Front members were killed during heavy infighting in the town of Mar'ayan and Ahsam.

Aleppo

Several Turkish Army Special Forces and the Ankara-backed militants were killed in clashes with the Kurdish fighters in Afrin region in Northwestern Aleppo, a Kurdish media outlet reported on Friday.

According to Fars Nesw Agancy, Hawar news reported that a number of Turkish army men and allied militants, including three Gendarme and police forces, were killed in Operation Olive Branch against the Kurds in the village of Balilaka in Rajou region.

Hawar news further said that a military vehicle of Ankara forces was also destroyed in the fight against the Kurdish militants near the village of Kowanda.

Also, a number of Turkey-affiliated militants were killed or wounded in the village of Midana in Rajou.

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