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Army Heavily Shells Terrorists' Positions in Northeastern Dara'a

Rasa - The Damascus government's artillery and missile units launched very heavy attacks on terrorists' strongholds in Northeastern Dara'a to introduce the preliminary phase of a major operation in the Southern part of the country.

News ID: 438392

Date: 24 June 2018 - 09:27

RNA - The army unleashed a relentless assault that targeted the positions of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) in al-Lajah region.

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.

Dara'a

The Syrian Army's artillery and missile units launched very heavy attacks on terrorists' strongholds in Northeastern Dara'a on Thursday night to introduce the preliminary phase of a major operation in the Southern part of the country.

Using a variety of artillery shells and surface-to-surface missiles, the army unleashed a relentless assault on Thursday night that targeted the positions of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at in al-Lajah region.

The army could score several direct hits against the terrorists, resulting in a series of powerful explosions that could be heard from a long distance away.

According to a military source at the government stronghold of Izra’a, the army launched more than 30 missiles towards the terrorist-held towns of Busra Al-Sham, Busra Al-Harir, and Al-Karak.

Sweida

The Syrian Army has dispatched a long convoy of vehicles to a military airport in Northern Sweida, a field source reported on Friday.

The source said that the army sent a long convoy, including elite force and tens of military vehicles to Khalkhala base in Northern Sweida.

According to Fars News Agancy, the source further said that the airbase is located at contact line with terrorists' positions in Eastern Dara'a, including those in al-Lajah, adding that the army is possibly planning to use the airbase as its Command Center for military operations in Eastern Dara'a.

The source went on to say that the army has been forwarding a large number of soldiers and a large volume of military hardware to Western and Northwestern Sweida.

Idlib

At least five civilians were killed and dozens more injured by a twin bomb attack that rocked Syria’s Northwestern city of Idlib, local sources reported.

A car-bomb exploded near the city’s Western entrance, Anadolu quoted the sources as saying.

Shortly afterward, a bomb-laden motorcycle exploded in the same area.

Thirty-five people were injured in the blast, many of them seriously, while a number of nearby buildings were severely damaged, he added.

There has as yet been no claim of responsibility for the deadly attack.

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