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Syrian Army Sends More Troops to Dara'a

Rasa - The Syrian Army dispatched more soldiers and equipment to the Southern part of the country on Tuesday to launch an imminent operation against terrorists.

News ID: 437957

Date: 30 May 2018 - 19:03

RNA - A large number of fresh forces and a large volume of military hardware were dispatched to the Southern part of the country to kick off a massive operation against terrorists in Dara'a province.

A large part of the fresh troops have deployed in Quneitra province.

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.

Dara'a

The Syrian Army dispatched more soldiers and equipment to the Southern part of the country on Tuesday to launch an imminent operation against terrorists amid reports on intensified tensions among terrorist groups in Dara'a province.

The army forwarded a large number of fresh forces and a large volume of military hardware to the Southern part of the country to kick off a massive operation against terrorists in Dara'a province.

In the meantime, local sources reported that a fresh round of infighting and differences have covered Southern Syria, adding that the militants are not capable of controlling the security situation in their region.

The sources further said that six people have been killed in infighting among terrorists in the town of Seida.

The source went on to say that a group of the Free Syrian Army stormed al-Basha'er University in the town of Nawa in Northwestern Dara'a, injuring a student.

Hasaka

A number of Jordanian officers have participated in training the US-backed Kurdish Border Guard forces in a camp in Northern Syria, a militant-affiliated website reported on Tuesday.

Smart news affiliated to the US-backed Arab militias in Northeastern Syria, disclosed that six Jordanian officers along with four US-led coalition forces have joined training of Border Guards of the Syrian Democratic Forces in Hasaka.

The training camp is located in Sabah al-Kheir base South of Hasaka city, it said, adding that light weapons were used while training.

Smart news went on to say that the border guards have deployed along Syria's border with Iraq and Turkey, adding that the guards will serve two years and are paid a monthly salary of 115,000 Syria's lira.

The report claimed that there is no Saudi officer in the region at present, but, they are expected to arrive in the region soon.

Other news sources reported that three Saudi military advisor held a meeting with the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in the US-run Kharab Ashak base South of Ein al-Arab (Kobani) in Northern Syrian last Friday.

The Arabic-language al-Baladi news website reported on Saturday that PYD along with al-Sanadid Forces were recruiting to form the Border Guard Force in the town of al-Ya'arabiyeh near Syria's border with Iraq, adding that the Saudis were backing the PYD's plan to do so.

The website further said that the men, who joined the Border Guard Forces would serve two years and would receive a monthly $200 payments.

It went on to say that the PYD militias embarked on digging trenches in Ra'as al-Ein border region at Syria's border with Turkey, adding that the PYD planed to equip the trenches along Syria's border with Turkey and Iraq with pre-fabricated cement-made cabins supplied by the US forces.

According to Fars News Agancy, the US-led coalition had announced at the beginning 2018 that it had a plan to form a 30,000-member  Kurdish Security Border Force in Northern Syria.

Hama

Almost 32,000 militants that had laid down arms have received government amnesty in Northern Homs during the last two weeks and after the Syrian Army managed to impose full control over Northern Homs and Southern Hama, an Arab media outlet reported on Tuesday.

Al-Watan daily quoted a field sources as reporting that a sum of 32,000 militants that had laid down weapons went to peace committees in the towns and villages of al-Rastan, Talbiseh, Dar al-Kabireh, al-Zaferaniyeh, Taldou and Ezzeddeen and received their amnesty issued by the Damascus government.

In the meantime, the army's engineering units carried out cleansing operation in the region to defuse explosives, discovering a large volume of arms and ammunition, including missiles, landmines, bombs and mortar shells in al-Qantou region in Northern Homs.

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