Syria in Last 24 Hours:

Army Inches Closer to End of Dara'a Mission

Rasa - The Damascus Army managed to regain control over more key hills and towns in Northwestern Dara'a on Tuesday, and expanded its reign over the Southwestern province.

News ID: 438711

Date: 18 July 2018 - 23:01

RNA - The Syrian Army took control over Tal al-Harra and Harash al-Harra Northwest of the town of al-Harra.

The army men further advanced and drove terrorists out of Tal al-Ahmar.

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 forces managed to take control over more key hills and towns in Northwestern Dara'a on Tuesday, expanding its reign over the Southwestern province.

The army men regained control over Tal al-Harra and Harash al-Harra Northwest of the town of al-Harra.

In the meantime, other units of the army pushed terrorists back from the village of Kafr Nasej and Tal Hamd region.

Meanwhile, other army soldiers entered the town of Namr in Northern Dara'a after people demonstrated against terrorists and hoisted government flag.

Field sources said that Dara'a province will be soon freed following the army's advances and popular uprising against terrorists.

Quneitra

The Syrian Army continued its large-scale operation in the Southwestern province of Quneitra, inflicting major losses on the militants on Tuesday.

The army soldiers engaged in a tough battle with terrorists near the township of Mas'hara at the border with Dara'a province and managed to take control over Tal Mas'hara.

In the meantime, the army's artillery and missile units pounded terrorists' supply lines in Tal Mas'hara.

At least 20 militants were killed and a large volume of their equipment was damaged in the army operation.

Also, the army's engineering units started carrying out cleansing operation in the region and fortified their positions to pave the ground for further advances against terrorists.

According to Fars News Agancy, Tal Mas'hara is of strategic importance in the region whose fall to the government force will trigger a domino effect in the collapse of terrorist-held regions in Quneitra province.

Hama

The Syrian Army soldiers continued their mop-up operation in Southern Hama, discovering a large arms and ammunition depot of terrorists on Tuesday, including Israeli weapons.

The army men found a large depot of terrorists' arms and ammunition in the township of Aqrab in Southern Hama.

A field source reported that a large volume of Israeli mortar shells, missiles, machineguns, sniper rifles, communication devices and bombs were in the depot.

In the meantime, other units of the army discovered a large volume of weapons and munitions in the terrorists' hideouts in the villages of Talaf and Khirbet al-Jameh in Southern Hama.

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