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Army Seizes Large Depot of Arms, Ammunition in Terrorists' Positions in Eastern Ghouta

Rasa - The government troops continued their mop-up operation in Jobar region in Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday and found a large volume of arms and ammunition in terrorists' positions.

News ID: 437587

Date: 09 May 2018 - 22:06

RNA - The army discovered huge quantities of weapons and ammunition storage in the former rebel bastion town of Jobar, East of the capital.

The arms and ammunition were hidden underneath a building.

Meantime, the Syrian army continued its military advances in other parts of Syria over the 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 their mop-up operation in Jobar region in Eastern Ghouta on Tuesday and found a large volume of arms and ammunition in the terrorists' positions.

The army discovered huge quantities of weapons and ammunition storage in the former rebel bastion town of Jobar, East of the capital.

The discovered weapons – used by Faylaq al-Rahman terror group – include mortar shells, RPGs, assault rifles and explosive devices.

In a similar development on Monday, the army men found a network of tunnels under residential buildings in Hajar al-Aswad used by terrorists as hideout for moving arms and ammunition across the region.

The army soldiers, meantime, discovered a large volume of chemical and explosive materials for making bombs in terrorists' positions in the region.

Idlib

Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) stormed the positions of Faylaq al-Sham rival group in Northern Idlib and pushed them back from a key region on Tuesday.

Tahrir al-Sham gunmen struck Faylaq's base in the town of Jarbanoush in Northern Idlib and captured it.

Tahrir al-Sham's attack came after one of its members was assassinated by unknown raiders' gun fire in Jarbanoush.

Tahrir al-Sham drove Faylaq members from Jarbanoush and set up new checkpoints in the region.

Aleppo

Infighting between Ankara-backed militants left a number of gunmen from both warring sides dead in the town of Jarabulus in Northeastern Aleppo, a media outlet reported on Tuesday.

According to Fars News Agancy, the Kurdish-language Hawar news reported that Soqour al-Jabal and Sultan Murad terrorist groups, affiliated to the Turkish army, exchanged heavy fire in al-Qandoureh region in Jarabulus, leaving casualties on both warring sides.

Also, Hawar news said that the infighting in Afrin region is due to rival militants' differences over distribution of assets they have looted from civilians' houses and shops.

In the meantime, the Russia-run Humeimim airbase cautioned of stealing and looting civilians' assets in Afrin region, and underlined that control of Afrin region should be handed over to the Syrian government.

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