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Syrian Army Seizes Terrorists' Bomb-Making Workshop in Eastern Ghouta

Rasa - Syrian army seized a workshop used by terrorists for producing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the town of Harasta in Eastern Ghouta in Damascus countryside, local sources said on Friday.

News ID: 437048

Date: 31 March 2018 - 16:52

RNA - "The army discovered a large bomb-making workshop during a clearing operation in the town of Harasta following withdrawal of militants and their families," the sources said.

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 have found a workshop used by terrorists for producing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the town of Harasta, local sources said on Friday.

The sources said that the army discovered a large bomb-making workshop during a clearing operation in the town of Harasta following withdrawal of militants and their families.

They added that the facility produced also mortar shells and rockets which were used during attacks on Damascus.

The Syrian army also discovered field hospitals, terrorists' headquarters and a developed network of underground tunnels in Eastern Ghouta.

Aleppo

Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) stormed the positions of Nouralddeen al-Zinki affiliated to Syria's Tahrir Front and drove them out of the town of Bastaron in Western Aleppo on Friday.

Tahrir al-Sham had lost Bastaron around 24 hours ago when al-Zinki fighters stormed it in a local flank attack amid ongoing clashes all across Western Aleppo.

In the event, the al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front managed to hold key positions outside the town which it used to mobilize for a quick counter-attack.

After rather intense firefights with light and semi-heavy weapons, al-Zinki terrorists ceded the town back to Tahrir al-Sham.

Despite the local success at Bastaron, Tahrir al-Sham has recently been enduring rather serious tactical and operational defeats at the hands of enemy rebel forces in other areas of Western Aleppo.

Lattakia

According to Fars News Agency, Two new Russian Air Force fighter jets have arrived at Humeimim military airport in Western Syria, reports from an online flight-tracking source said on Friday.

AMN quoted the source as reporting that the fighter aircraft, identified as Su-34s, appear to have arrived at Humeimim during some point on Tuesday afternoon; the aircraft were escorting a Tu-154 which also landed at the Russian base.

It is unclear if the three aircraft have come to Syria as part of a combat deployment or are only stopping briefly in the country en route to another location.

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